Shunko

1960 Argentine film

November 17, 1960 (1960-11-17) (Argentina)

Running time

76 minutesCountryArgentinaLanguagesSpanish
Quechua

Shunko is a 1960 Argentine drama film directed by and starring Lautaro Murúa. It was written by Augusto Roa Bastos and based on Jorge W. Abalos' novel of the same name. It won the Silver Condor Award for Best Film. In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 16th position.^[1]

Synopsis

A teacher (Murúa) educated in the big city is assigned to a rural school in the province of Santiago del Estero, where his students are Quechua speakers. Initially, the ethnocentric prejudices of the teacher and his ignorance of the Quechua culture and the children lead him to enter into conflict with his students and to distance himself from them. Little by little it is the teacher who begins to learn from his students, establishing a relationship of respect and mutual learning.^[2]

Cast

Lautaro Murúa
Raúl del Valle
Fanny Olivera
Orlando Sacha
Gabriela Schóo
Ángel Greco
Graciela Rueda
Marta Roldán
Oscar Llompart
Raúl Parini
Ramón del Valle García
Guillermina Rosenstein
Beatriz Abre
Angélica Monti

References

^ "Las 100 mejores del periodo 1933-1999 del Cine Argentino". La mirada cautiva (3). Buenos Aires: Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken: 6–14. 2000. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022 – via Encuesta de cine argentino 2022 on Google Drive.
^ "Shunko (1960)".