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Spring of Life (1957 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Spring of Life' (Spanish: 'Primavera de la vida', Swedish: 'Livets vr') is 1957 Argentine-Swedish drama film directed by Arne Mattsson and starring Nicole Berger, Folke Sundquist and Pedro Laxalt.Scandinavian Cinema p.280 It was shot in studios in Buenos Aires and on location in the region. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gori Muoz. The film tried to exploit the success of Mattson's earlier film 'One Summer of Happiness' which had also starred Sundquist.Soila p.117
Synopsis
Young couple Elisa Fernandez and Marcelo are in love, but she is distressed that he is going away to Buenos Aires to study. Her strict father opposes their relationship, but Marcelo tries to find a way in order to raise the money so that she can come to the city with him.
Cast
* Nicole Berger as Elisa Fernandez
* Folke Sundquist as Marcelo
* Pedro Laxalt as Mr. Fernandez
* Elisardo Santalla as Don Manuelo
* Norma Gimnez as Rosita
* Marisa Nez as Mercedes
* Horacio Priani as Lopez
* Alita Romn as Doa Elena
References
Bibliography
* Cowie, Peter Franoise Buquet, Risto Pitknen & Godfried Talboom. 'Scandinavian Cinema: A Survey of the Films and Film-makers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden'. Tantivy Press, 1992.
* Soila, Tytti. 'The Cinema of Scandinavia'. Wallflower Press, 2005.
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