Hector Alterioone of the great references of Argentine cinema, died this Saturday at 96 years old in Madrid, where he lived since 1975 after his exile. The news was confirmed by the Spanish theater producer Jesus Cimarro and produced an immediate influence on the cultural spheres of Argentina and Spain. Over the course of his long career, the actor was the star of five films that competed for the award Price Oscara feat reserved for very few artists in the region.
Born in Buenos AiresAlterio developed an artistic career that spanned more than seven decades and produced notable works Cinema, theater and television. His character became associated with both Argentine political cinema and international productions, which cemented his reputation outside the country. Yes OK His exile marked a turning point In his career he also opened a phase of great recognition in Spain.
The death was confirmed by Cimarro via his Instagram account. “I am sorry to announce the passing of this morning our great actor Héctor Alterio“wrote the producer who worked with him in his last theater performances. In the same message he added: “A great man from the Spanish and Argentine scene is leaving us.” My condolences go out to the lovely family Tita, Malena, Ernesto. Have a good trip, dear Hector. We will miss you very, very much“.
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Héctor Alterio, legend of Argentine cinema, has died
The Argentine films of Héctor Alterio that were nominated for the Oscar
On March 24, 1986 “The Official Story”Luis Puenzo’s film was the first Argentine film to win the Oscar Best Foreign Film. The date was no coincidence, as this day marked ten years since the military coup that began the last dictatorship. In the film, Norma Aleandro She played a teacher who suspects that her adopted daughter may have been kidnapped during state terrorism, while Alterio played her husband.
The film had an immediate international impact and placed Argentine cinema at the center of the world stage. In various interviews, Alterio recalled what this project meant for his career and for the country: “With The Official History I had a very important feeling… I felt that to a certain extent It was beyond my capabilities as an actor because besides the Oscar and the great work of Norma Aleandro, went around the world“.
As the actor himself explained, the film also implied personal and collective responsibility. “I felt that I told people what had happened to us. and we didn’t want that to happen to us again. We made the film with complete freedom, but it gave me the responsibility to act as a kind of spokesperson and tell the public what happened to us,” he said.
Prior to this milestone, Alterio had already worked on two other Argentine productions that received Oscar nominations. The first was “The Truce” (1974), directed by Sergio Renán and based on the novel by Mario Benedetti, which depicts the life of Martín Santomé, a widower nearing retirement who finds one last chance for love in the midst of a monotonous everyday life.
He later applied for the Oscar again “Camila” (1984), directed by María Luisa Bemberg, nominated in 1985. The film depicts the forbidden romance between Camila O’Gorman and the priest Ladislao Gutiérrez during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosasand combines intimate drama with a strong political denunciation.
Already at the beginning of the new millennium, Alterio joined the cast of “The Bride’s Son” (2001) by Juan José Campanella, another Argentine production that was nominated for an Oscar. There he announced a cast Ricardo Darin and again with Norma Aleandroin a drama that explores the relationship between a man and his ailing mother and was a critical success.
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Exile, Spanish cinema and a strange story related to another Oscar
Based in Madrid since the mid-seventies, Héctor Alterio developed an intensive career in Spain. During this period he added to his connection to the Academy Awards a new film in which he was the protagonist “The Nest”directed by Jaime de Armiñán, who was also nominated for an Oscar. In this film he shared the screen with Ana Torrent and another exiled Argentine actor, Luis Politti.
There is also a strange anecdote about Alterio’s international career “Start from the beginning,” the Spanish film that won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1983. According to him, director José Luis Garci wanted him, but he was already committed to another shoot. “There was no way I could say yes, but Garci told me to convince me: ‘Look, Héctor, We won the Oscar with that.“, recalled Alterio, already adding: “I laughed, of course, and apologized for the rejection. Anyway, Garci, tired, called Antonio Ferrandis, who was wonderful.”
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