Florencio Parravicini

Acting

Florencio Parravicini

Born August 24, 1876 · Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Died March 25, 1941 · aged 64

Florencio Parravicini (1876-1941) was an Argentine aristocrat who lost all of his family's fortune. He then had to work as an actor, comedian, and scriptwriter. Almost all of his film participations were in Manuel Romero's tango movies. He committed suicide after being diagnosed with cancer.

Known For

Margarita, Armando and his fatherMargarita, Armando and his father · 1939
Margarita, Armando and his father
★ 7.81939
MovieComedyRomance
A young couple, Margarita and Armando, reenact the story of The Lady of the Camellias, as they fall in love, Armando's flamboyant father disapproves of their relationship and does everything to separate them.
'Til After Her Death'Til After Her Death · 1916
'Til After Her Death
★ 6.21916
MovieDrama
A doctor find himself in front of the corpse of a woman who was the most intense love of his life.
El diablo con faldasEl diablo con faldas · 1938
El diablo con faldas
★ 10.01938
MovieComedy
A revue theater company alters the mayor's life when it arrives in his town.
Carnaval de antañoCarnaval de antaño · 1940
Carnaval de antaño
★ 6.81940
MovieComedyMusic
Evocation of the Carnival of 1912 and of 1940 through 4 characters: an entrepreneur and three singers.
Three Argentines in ParisThree Argentines in Paris · 1938
Three Argentines in Paris
★ 7.01938
MovieComedyMusic
Three Argentines who live in Paris and dream of returning to Buenos Aires but lack resources for the passage, find their opportunity when a landowner, a business man and his daughter arrive in Paris. In a game of rigged poker the three anchors obtain the money for the passages from the newcomers; it happens however that the employer has made an embezzlement and will go to jail if he does not return the money. The character represented by Parravicini, who is the true father of his adopted daughter, gives him the money won to solve his problem and the three remain in Paris to see them in an end with the best poetry of Romero crossing a bridge under the mist , silent, once again anchored but with the happy sadness of recovered self-esteem.
Los muchachos de antes no usaban gominaLos muchachos de antes no usaban gomina · 1937
Los muchachos de antes no usaban gomina
★ 7.01937
MovieDramaComedy
A Young man from a wealthy family hide them his attraction for tango culture of arrabal. In a milonga he fell in love with Mirella and he have a knife fight with all others guapos that want her, he won. Time pass and Mirella became a mistress but this situation is unstable because of the society prejudices.
La vida es un tangoLa vida es un tango · 1939
La vida es un tango
★ 7.11939
MovieMusicRomance
Romance - with its ruptures and reunions - between a girl and a boy who want to succeed with the tango.
Noches de CarnavalNoches de Carnaval · 1938
Noches de Carnaval
★ 10.01938
MovieComedy
A woman and a young man, mother and son, meet on a Carnival night, creating confusion for their respective spouses.

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Three Argentines in ParisThree Argentines in Paris · 1938
Three Argentines in Paris
★ 7.01938
MovieComedyMusic
Three Argentines who live in Paris and dream of returning to Buenos Aires but lack resources for the passage, find their opportunity when a landowner, a business man and his daughter arrive in Paris. In a game of rigged poker the three anchors obtain the money for the passages from the newcomers; it happens however that the employer has made an embezzlement and will go to jail if he does not return the money. The character represented by Parravicini, who is the true father of his adopted daughter, gives him the money won to solve his problem and the three remain in Paris to see them in an end with the best poetry of Romero crossing a bridge under the mist , silent, once again anchored but with the happy sadness of recovered self-esteem.

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