Although the plot is a tearful drama and would have deserved a much better script, some of Carlos Gardel songs worth viewing the film. The fact that it was released after Gardel's tragic death increased its popularity.
Highly stylish, wonderful film. Dreamlike cinematography.
El Día que me Quieras (1935) *** out of **** Directed by John Reinhardt With Carlos Gardel and Rosita Moreno Simple Gardel film - and maybe the best known - where a son of a millionaire scape from his easy life for his love. A decent melodrama filmed in Paramount studios and being a kind of hit specially at the times of his death.
There may be some slight bias here, just to say right up front, as Leandro Katz was for a good couple of years (that was when I started taking film classes until he up and retired/quit right before I finished my BA in Film) was one of the professors I most admired, and who helped guide me along and become a better writer and director. That said, when I went to one of his two nights of screenings of works at the Anthology Film Archives, I wasn't sure what to expect (I'd only seen one short of his when I was in school called 'The Visit', a short-film masterpiece I recommend to...
If you like tango, Argentina and a love story this movie is a must. The haunting voice of Gardel is something that will stay with you.
All of Gardel's films are flimsy star vehicles, but they are well-made, light and pleasant, despite extremely deteriorated video quality. One wonders what happened to the original celluloid.
This film in my opinion is the best of Gardel's film. His scene where he sings "El Dia Que Me Quieras" is very sympathetic, possibly his most moving in all his films.
"El dia que me quieras" looks at the iconic photograph of the executed revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, taken by Bolivian photographer Freddy Alborta. The film includes interviews with Alborta, intercut with some arresting and sometimes surreal scenes from a Bolivian village festival.
