Luisita Photo Studio

Mar 14, 2019

1h 13m

★ 6.0

Overview

The celebrities who visited Luisita Escarria's photo studio in Buenos Aires for decades are countless. Sol, a young photographer, discovers there more than 25,000 unpublished negatives, an archive of incalculable value that opens a window through which to look at the true artistic epicenter of Argentinean popular culture…

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Yaguareté Cine

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Cast

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Luisita Escarria

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Rosita Escarria

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Chela Escarria

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Amelita Vargas

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Moria Casán

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Mimí Pons

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Gogó Rojo

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