FILM DIRECTOR

Fernando Solanas

1936 - 2020

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Fernando Ezequiel "Pino" Solanas (16 February 1936 – 6 November 2020) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter, score composer and politician. His films include; La hora de los hornos (The Hour of the Furnaces) (1968), Tangos: el exilio de Gardel (1985), Sur (1988), El viaje (1992), La nube (1998) and Memoria del saqueo (2004), among many others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernando Solanas has received more than 152,505 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Fernando Solanas is the 514th most popular film director (down from 462nd in 2019), the 178th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 134th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Argentinean Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Fernando Solanas ranks 514 out of 2,041. Before him are Alessandro Blasetti, Lee Chang-dong, Richard Boleslawski, Ted Kotcheff, Sam Wood, and Clarence Brown. After him are Boris Barnet, Mike Leigh, Néstor Almendros, James Wong, Luis García Berlanga, and Claude Autant-Lara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Fernando Solanas ranks 187. Before him are Volodymyr Holubnychy, Santos Abril y Castelló, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Vyacheslav Kebich, Michel Jazy, and Han Seung-soo. After him are Antonio María Rouco Varela, Joe Don Baker, Koji Sasaki, Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, Hazem El Beblawi, and Stefano Delle Chiaie. Among people deceased in 2020, Fernando Solanas ranks 180. Before him are Bernard Stiegler, Linda Cristal, Pierre Buyoya, Stanisław Kania, Sergio Rossi, and Vyacheslav Kebich. After him are John Hume, Trini Lopez, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, and Terry Goodkind.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Fernando Solanas ranks 178 out of 1,154. Before him are Juan Ramón Verón (1944), Eduardo Lonardi (1896), Fernando Muslera (1986), Raúl Prebisch (1901), Francisco Moreno (1852), and Mario Evaristo (1908). After him are Alejandro de Tomaso (1928), Esteban Cambiasso (1980), Pablo Aimar (1979), Rafael Grossi (1961), Susana Giménez (1944), and Roberto M. Levingston (1920).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Argentina

Among film directors born in Argentina, Fernando Solanas ranks 3. Before him are Gaspar Noé (1963), and Héctor Babenco (1946). After him are Luis Puenzo (1946), Fernando Birri (1925), Juan José Campanella (1959), María Luisa Bemberg (1922), Nelly Kaplan (1931), Leopoldo Torre Nilsson (1924), Lucrecia Martel (1966), Andy Muschietti (1973), and Damián Szifron (1975).

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Filmography

The Hour of the Furnaces
Director
An impassioned three-part documentary of the liberation struggle waged throughout Latin America, using Argentina as a historical example of the imperialist exploitation of the continent. Part I: Neo-Colonialism and Violence is a historical, geographic, and economic analysis of Argentina. Part II: An Act For Liberation examines the ten-year reign of Juan Perón (1945-55) and the activities of the Peronist movement after his fall from power. Part III: Violence and Liberation studies the role of violence in the national liberation process and constitutes a call for action.
Sep 8o 19687 / 10
The South
Director
After the end of the military dictatorship in Argentina in 1983, Floreal is released from prison. Instead of returning to his wife, he wanders through the night of Buenos Aires. He meets some people from his past–most of which are only imaginary–and remembers the events of his imprisonment.
Mar 5o 19886.3 / 10
Social Genocide
Director
After the fall of the military dictatorship in 1983, successive democratic governments launched a series of reforms purporting to turn Argentina into the world's most liberal and prosperous economy. Less than twenty years later, the Argentinians have lost literally everything: major national companies have been sold well below value to foreign corporations; the proceeds of privatizations have been diverted into the pockets of corrupt officials; revised labour laws have taken away all rights from employees; in a country that is traditionally an important exporter of foodstuffs, malnutrition is widespread; millions of people are unemployed and sinking into poverty; and their savings have disappeared in a final banking collapse. The film highlights numerous political, financial, social and judicial aspects that mark out Argentina's road to ruin.
Mar 18o 20047.5 / 10