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Gerardo Vallejo

Born January 4, 1942 · San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina

Died February 7, 2007 · aged 65

Gerardo Vallejo was born on January 4, 1942 in Tucumán. In 1965 he graduated as a documentary film director from the Institute of Cinematography of the Universidad Nacional del Litoral, directed by Fernando Birri. Vallejo began to stand out when in 1968 he became the assistant to Fernando "Pino" Solanas and Octavio Getino in the lengthy and long-forbidden documentary "La hora de los hornos". He d…

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El rigor del destinoEl rigor del destino · 1985
El rigor del destino
★ 7.51985
MovieDrama
A boy from Tucumán is reunited with his grandfather after seven years of exile and learns about his father, a lawyer for workers.
Viejo Reales' Long Journey to DeathViejo Reales' Long Journey to Death · 1971
Viejo Reales' Long Journey to Death
★ 6.61971
MovieDocumentary
Documentary with staged events about a poor rural family in Argentina.
Sin alma ni tiempoSin alma ni tiempo · 1981
Sin alma ni tiempo
★ 3.01981
Movie
Las cosas ciertasLas cosas ciertas · 1965
Las cosas ciertas
1965
MovieDocumentary
The journey of two brothers, "golondrinas" farmworkers from Tucumán to Río Negro, Argentina, who are forced to move from one place to another to find work.
Soup KitchensSoup Kitchens · 1968
Soup Kitchens
1968
MovieDocumentary
Shot in the impoverished northern province of Tuncamán in Argentina, this brief cine-tract shows the children and elderly people who are served by a community soup kitchen that exists independently of state support. The film's sequence of images, many shot in close-up, is accompanied by the Argentine national anthem on the soundtrack.
The Children of FierroThe Children of Fierro · 1978
The Children of Fierro
★ 6.41978
MovieDrama
Peronist view of its history between the fall in 1955 and the electoral triumph of 1973 using a metaphor of the poem Martin Fierro.
Reflexiones de un salvajeReflexiones de un salvaje · 1978
Reflexiones de un salvaje
★ 10.01978
MovieDocumentary
Argentine filmmaker Gerardo Vallejo, exiled in Spain, visits the Salamanca village of Cespedosa de Tormes, where his grandfather was born, and reconstructs the memories of his time with the locals.
Con el almaCon el alma · 1995
Con el alma
★ 8.01995
MovieDrama
A story with autobiographical overtones that follows Miguel, a film director obsessed with making his next film. The plot begins in his childhood and, through him, we see the political ups and downs of Argentina, the suffering of the poor working class in Tucumán, his exile, and his love affair with a rural schoolteacher.

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