Prisioneros de la tierra(1939)

剧情简介

In 1915, a workers employer for the Misiones lands ("mensúes"), travels to Posadas looking for new employees to hire; among music and drinks, hires one in a bar. Later, travels to the work zone, joined by an european doctor and his daughter. She and the stronger of the "mensúes" hired, get along very well; which makes the employer jealous and punish the worker, gaining him hate his boss and a need of revenge. In the forest, the unjustices and cruelty, become harder. The drink makes the doctor start getting insane and say nonsenses: in one of those episodes, accidentaly doesn't recognize his own daugher and he kills her. When the contract finishes, the worker can't leave due to a fake ammount of money he seems to owe. The mensúes start making fire at the forests and the young man achieves his revenge, by killing the employer... 　　The main filmmakers were the prolific Moglia Barth. The more promising and skillful Manuel Romero with: La vida es un tango (Life is a Tango); La muchacha del circo (The Circus Girl) and Fuera de la ley (Outlaw), thriller forbidden in New York; among others). The rigorous Mario Soffici, the script-writer of Prisioneros de la tierra (Prisoners of the Land) -according to surveys, the best Argentine movie -, of other social dramas and also some comedies.