Los golpes bajos
{{Infobox film
| name =Los golpes bajos
| image =Los golpes bajos.png
| caption =
| director =Mario Sábato
| producer =
| writer =Mario Sábato, Mario Mactas
| narrator =
| starring =
| music =Eduardo Falú
| cinematography =Julio Duplaquet
| editing =Antonio Ripoll
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1974|02|04|df=yes}}
| runtime =95 minutes
| country = Argentina
| language = Spanish
| budget =
}}
Los golpes bajos (The Low Blows) is a 1974 Argentine film directed by Mario Sábato.{{cite web|url=http://www.cinenacional.com/pelicula/los-golpes-bajos|title=Los golpes bajos|publisher=Cinenacional.com|access-date=21 July 2015|language=Spanish}} It is a film about boxing, inspired by José María Gatica.{{cite book|last=Maranghello|first=César|title=Breve historia del cine argentino|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GqsuAAAAYAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Celesa|language=Spanish|isbn=978-84-7584-532-6|page=196}} Shot in Eastmancolor, Sabato wrote the script in collaboration with Mario Mactas. The film stars Aldo Barbero, Héctor Alterio, Walter Vidarte and Ana María Picchio.{{cite web|url=https://cinenacional.com/pelicula/los-golpes-bajos|title=Los golpes bajos|website=Cinenacional.com|access-date=21 April 2020|language=Spanish}}
The film premiered on 4 February 1974 in Buenos Aires. It is also known under the title De cara al asfalto.{{cite book|author1=Manrupe, Raúl |author2=Portela, María Alejandra |year=2001|title=Un diccionario de films argentinos (1930-1995)|location=Buenos Aires|publisher=Editorial Corregidor|page=251|isbn= 950-05-0896-6|language=Spanish}}
Plot
Set in the early Peron era, this rise and fall of a boxer is visibly inspired by the biography of José María Gatica and his experiences.
Cast
Reception
Rómulo Berruti in Clarín stated that it was a film intended to be a review of the Peronist regime, using the drama of a boxer as a "pivot". El Mundo opined that it is a " film that loses by points… It feeds but it doesn't hit. It avoids but does not delve… more nostalgic than critical… immature, but with good intentions". Manrupe and Portela wrote: "Good reconstruction at times and some drama achieved". Luis Trelles Plazaola in his book South American Cinema/ Cine De America Del Sur: Dictionary of Film Makers describes Los golpes bajos as a "film of greater weight and thematic ambition".{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VansCHXxnZYC&q=Los+golpes+bajos&pg=PA177|title=South American Cinema/ Cine De America Del Sur: Dictionary of Film Makers|author=Plazaola, Luis Trelles|publisher=La Editorial, UPR|page=177|year=1989|isbn=9780847720118}}
References
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External links
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Category:1970s Spanish-language films
Category:Argentine boxing films
Category:Films directed by Mario Sábato
Category:1970s Argentine films
Category:Spanish-language sports films
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