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Documental sobre Hugo del Carril - Volver Tango (1998)
This episode of the Volver Tango documentary series profiles Hugo del Carril, whom it presents as a singer, actor and film director. It combines narration, film excerpts and interviews with relatives, colleagues and critics. The episode follows him from a childhood in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of Flores to his final illness and death in Buenos Aires.
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Radio singer and screen actor
According to the film, del Carril started on radio as an announcer and began singing there almost by chance. He then sang refrains with orchestras and recorded with Edgardo Donato. The narration says Manuel Romero cast him in 1937 to sing the tango "Tiempos viejos" on screen. It names La vida de Carlos Gardel (1939), directed by Alberto de Zavalía, as the film that made his name. Interviewees say that the role led audiences to compare him with Gardel.
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Director, Peronism and prison
The documentary covers his first film as director, Historia del 900. The narration says that in 1949 he recorded the march "Los muchachos peronistas" with the orchestra of the Teatro Colón. Interviewees disagree about how strongly he identified with Peronism. The film describes the censorship problems around Las aguas bajan turbias and says the film was later honoured at Venice. According to the episode, he was jailed in the Las Heras prison in September 1955.
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Later work and recognition
In the film, one interviewee calls Más allá del olvido (1956) a masterpiece of Argentine melodrama. The narration names Yo maté a Facundo (1975) as the last film he directed. The episode ends with his recognition as an illustrious citizen of Buenos Aires in 1986, which his family remembers as deeply moving for him. It closes with his death following heart disease.
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