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The Day Maradona Met Gardel
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The Day Maradona Met Gardel

1996-10-17 · 93 min · ★ 3.8

Drama · Music · Fantasy

Two guys as different as a watchmaker and a television editor have to free Carlos Gardel's soul from a strange pact with the devil, who has it trapped. To break the spell, these fans of El Morocho del Abasto, and improvised exorcists, need to find a mythical figure of such popular force as Gardel: the great Diego Maradona.

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Directors
Rodolfo Pagliere
Production companies
Premier SRL, Radiodifusora El Carmen S. A.
Countries
Argentina
Status
Released

Top Cast

Alejandro DolinaAlejandro Dolina
Diego MaradonaDiego MaradonaDiego Maradona
Ángel RicoCarlos Gardel
Esther GorisEsther Goris
Jean Pierre ReguerrazJean Pierre Reguerraz
Juan Carlos PuppoJuan Carlos Puppo
Isidoro Chiodi
Marcos WoinskyMarcos Woinsky
Osvaldo del PinoGuillermo Barbieri
Pablo ZapataÁngel Domingo Riverol
Andrés SurianoYoung Carlos Gardel
Luis ZiembrowskiLuis ZiembrowskiJosé Razzano

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