Albéniz (film)


Albéniz is a 1947 black-and-white Argentine Silver Condor award-winning biographical drama film directed by Luis César Amadori and written by. The film stars Pedro López Lagar and Sabina Olmos. It won the Silver Condor Award for Best Film and numerous other awards, given by the Argentine Film Critics Association in 1948 for the best picture of the previous year.

Overview

The film is based on the life of Spanish composer and pianist, Isaac Albéniz. Albéniz is first seen as a child prodigy who is so talented some observers regard him as a fraud; the boy is also shown as the victim of a tyrannical father, who lives his own life through his son's accomplishments. Escaping his father's dominance as an adult, Albéniz first moves to South America and later to the United States, experiencing a colorful array of tempestuous love affairs.
He returns to Spain, but manages to land a scholarship at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, but once again his mind is on women rather than music. Eventually he rises to international fame through a series of self-financed concerts, ultimately earning every conceivable award and accolade for his work. Actor Pedro López Lagar won critical acclaim for his portrayal.

Cast

The film won the Argentine Film Critics Association Award, the Silver Condor, for best film in 1948. It was also one of the main entries at the 2nd Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland.
The Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences gave several awards for this film: