The hand in the trap
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The hand in the trap |
| Original title | La mano en la trampa |
| Country of production |
Argentina Spain |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 1961 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Leopoldo Torre Nilsson |
| script |
Beatriz Guido Ricardo Muñoz Suay |
| production |
Néstor R. Gaffet Leopoldo Torre Nilsson |
| music |
Cristóbal Halffter Atilio Stampone |
| camera |
Alberto Etchebehere Juan Julio Baena |
| cut |
Jacinto Cascales Pablo G. del Amo Jorge Gárate |
| occupation | |
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The hand in the trap (original title: La mano en la trampa ) is an Argentine-Spanish black and white film by the director Leopoldo Torre Nilsson from 1961 with Francisco Rabal , Elsa Daniel and Leonardo Favio in the leading roles. The screenplay by Beatriz Guido and Ricardo Muñoz Suay is based on a novel by Ricardo Muñoz Suay. The film was first shown in May 1961 at the Cannes International Film Festival. It was released in cinemas in the Federal Republic of Germany on April 15, 1966.
action
After returning from boarding school to the house of her mother and aunt, Laura Lavigne wants to find out the secret that has long surrounded the upper floor of the family's mansion. It is said that a mentally weak illegitimate child of old Lavigne is to be kept hidden there. In reality, this child has long since died. On the other hand, Laura discovers her aunt Ines there, who was abandoned by her respected fiancé Cristobal Archaval twenty years ago and who has buried herself alive in her room for fear of the mockery of the Argentine bourgeoisie . When investigating the exact reasons for the fate of her aunt, Laura uses the help of that very Cristobal Archaval, half out of curiosity, half out of attraction. She even leads him to Ines, who is so excited about it that her heart fails. Laura stays with the man who is furnishing her an apartment in the capital. In her consciousness, her room suddenly becomes Ines'. She is trapped like her aunt.
criticism
“The Argentine film presents in remarkable detail a social class frozen in its provincial conventions. His sharp criticism of the facade morality leads to pessimism. "
“Using the example of a young woman […], the director criticizes the outdated ideas of the Argentine provincial bourgeoisie with remarkably differentiated aesthetic means. For adult film lovers. "
Awards
- 1961 FIPRESCI Prize
- Director's award in Santa Margherita Ligure
- "Particularly valuable" rating from the Wiesbaden film evaluation agency
Web links
- The hand in the trap in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 153/1966, p. 300.
- ↑ a b Lexikon des Internationale Films , rororo-Taschenbuch Nr. 6322 (1988), p. 1482.