Miguel Faust Rocha

The life and times of Manuelita Rosas.

“Mosaico criollo” is not exactly a spoken film: it is a series of filmed musical sketches of several popular genres in four scenes, each one with a description. Joaquina Carreras sings folk song “Triste está mi rancho”, then Giménez and Suárez (“genuine northern dancers”) dive into an enthusiastic folk tap dance. After them, Julio Perceval (“delight of Buenos Aires citizens’ ears”) executes a piano solo, and “graceful interpreter” Anita Palmero sings the tango “Botarate”, by Acuña and De Cicco.

Two women from the same family, one from 1830 and the other from 1930, the first subject to the rigor of the customs of her time and the other in an atmosphere of independence and freedom.

Three sisters become orphans. The eldest one will undertake the protection of the rest which involves a very hard task . Eventually, she will have to resign to her happiness.

Simultaneously shot Spanish version of Tolstoy adaptation: After a woman he has formerly mistreated is sentenced for a crime a man who was part of her jury joins her on the trip to Siberia to expatiate his guilt.

A famous pianist, invited by a girl, becomes interested in her sister, who pretends to be mute to hide a pronunciation defect.

A man finds out his wife had a lover and abandons her, but first he gains custody of their daughter.

The beautiful wife of a mediocre and good-natured butcher falls in love with a cerebral philosophy professor who little by little reveals to her a horizon that conflicts with her innocence.