Piantadino
{{Infobox film
| name = Piantadino
| image = Piantadino (1950).jpg
| caption =
| director = Francisco Múgica
| producer =
| writer = Carlos A. Petit{{cite book|author=Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Cultura|title=Guía quincenal de la actividad intelectual y artística argentina|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_-RkAAAAMAAJ|access-date=5 April 2011|date=1 January 1950|publisher=Comision Nacional de Cultura.|page=66}}
Rodolfo Sciammarella
| starring = Pepe Iglesias
Norma Giménez
Juan José Porta
| music = Juan Ehlert
| cinematography =
| editing =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1950}}
| runtime = 65 minutes
| country = Argentina
| language = Spanish
| budget =
}}
Piantadino is a 1950 Argentine comedy film directed by Francisco Múgica during the classical era of Argentine cinema.{{cite book|title=Historia general del arte en la Argentina|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ukJdAAAAMAAJ|access-date=5 April 2011|year=1982|publisher=Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes|isbn=978-950-612-000-9|page=66}}{{cite book|last1=España|first1=Claudio|last2=Fabbro|first2=Gabriela|title=Cine argentino en democracia, 1983-1993|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yQEbAQAAIAAJ|page=56|access-date=5 April 2011|year=1994|publisher=Fondo Nacional de las Artes|isbn=9789509807037}}{{cite book|title=Tiempo de cine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XWYpAQAAIAAJ|access-date=5 April 2011|year=1962|publisher=Cine Club Núcleo.}}
The film is based on the cartoon character of the same name created by Adolfo Mazzone.
Plot
Cast
Comic strip character
Piantadino was a classic comic strip character created by one of Argentina's most notable comics artists and humorists, Adolfo Mazzone.{{cite web|url=http://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mazzone_adolfo.htm|title=Adolfo Mazzone|date=December 12, 2006|work=lambiek.net|access-date=6 April 2011}}
Piantadino was Mazzone's best known character.
The name Piantadino is a diminutive of "Piantado", which means mentally disturbed person, half-mad or, a person who escapes, whether that be physically or just from a situation.{{cite book|last=Alposta|first=Luis|title=Mosaicos porteños|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7V9HhLpXtB8C&pg=PA68|access-date=6 April 2011|date=1 January 2005|publisher=Editorial Dunken|language=Spanish|isbn=978-987-21691-3-8|pages=68–}}
First appearing in the newspaper El Mundo in 1941, Piantadino, the daily comic strip, followed the adventures of a convict who behaved in jail as if he were on a pension. With the characters Afanancio and Barili, the three formed a sympathetic trio of scoundrels. The character subsequently appeared in Guillermo Divito's magazine Rico Tipo.{{cite news|url=http://www.todohistorietas.com.ar/otrospersonajes2.htm|title=Mas Personajes de la Historieta Argentinua|work=todohistorietas.com.ar|language=Spanish|access-date=6 April 2011}}
Piantadino was adapted for cinema in 1950.{{cite book|last=Barillet|first=Julie|title=L'enfant au cinéma|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=264LAQAAMAAJ|access-date=5 April 2011|year=2008|publisher=Artois Presses Université|isbn=978-2-84832-078-6|page=57}}
In the 1970s and 1980s, the comic strip was re-published as a comic magazine.{{cite web|url=http://productos.depaginas.com.ar/compra_Revista_Comic_Piantadino|title=Revista Comic Piantadino|work=depaginas.com.ar|access-date=6 April 2011}}
Film production
Piantadino was made into a film by Emelco-Cinematográfica Interamericana.
The script was written by Carlos A. Petit and Rodolfo Sciamarella, and the film was directed by Francisco Mugica.[http://cinema.theiapolis.com/movie-24Z3/piantadino/ Piantadino]; Theiapolis: Cinema Titles
It was filmed in black-and-white.
The elusive convict was played by Pepe Iglesias, known for his title role in El Zorro pierde el pelo.
Other stars were Norma Giménez, Juan José Porta and Rodolfo Onetto.
Carlos Fioriti played Afanancio and Rafael Diserio played Batilio.
References
{{Reflist|2|refs=
|url=http://geocities.ws/lunfa2000/1557.html
|title=ADOLFO MAZZONE
|author=Roberto Selles
|work=Academia Portena del Lunefardo
|date=April 6, 2002
|access-date=2011-04-05}}
}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0176021|title=Piantadino}}
{{Francisco Múgica}}
Category:1950s Spanish-language films
Category:Argentine black-and-white films
Category:Films based on Argentine comics
Category:Films directed by Francisco Múgica
Category:Live-action films based on comics