Palo y hueso

Palo y hueso Stick and Bone is a 1968 Argentine film released onAugust 1968, directed by Nicols Sarqus and starring Hctor da Rosa and Miguel Ligero. The film was shot entirely in Buenos Aires, premiering there on August 7, 1968.

Palo y hueso was Sarquis first fulllength film, shot in black and white. It was also only the second to be shot by cinematographer Esteban Courtalon. Julio Lencina, another wellknown cinematographer, was first assistant cameraman. Lencina went on to work with E. Stagnaro, Ricardo Wullicher, Mario Sbato, Valladares and others as director of photography. The movie, released in Santa Fe onJune 1968, cost just 5,500,000 pesos 15,715 to make.The film is based on the 1965 short story of the same name by Juan Jose Saer. Saer was a wellknown writer who was also a movie buff, and taught History of Film and Film Criticism and Aesthetics at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral in Santa Fe. Saer began teaching at the Film Institute of Santa Fe Instituto de Cine de Santa Fe in 1962. Several of his students made films from his novels. Patricio Coll made Cicatrices Scars, Ral Beceyro made Nadie, nada, nunca No, no, never and Sarquis made Palo y hueso. Both Coll and Beceyro assisted with Palo y hueso. The films realist approach shows the influence of Sarquis teacher Fernando Birri, who had won several international awards. ........

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