A King and His Movie

La película del rey
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCarlos Sorín
Written byCarlos Sorín
Jorge Goldenberg
Produced byAxel Pauls
StarringJulio Chávez
CinematographyEsteban Courtalon
Edited byAlberto Yaccelini
Music byCarlos Franzetti
Distributed byMotion Pictures
Release date
  • August 28, 1986 (1986-08-28) (Argentina)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

A King and His Movie (Spanish: La película del rey) is a 1986 Argentine comedy drama film, directed by Carlos Sorín, and written by Sorín and Jorge Goldenberg. The movie features Ulises Dumont and Julio Chávez, among others.[1]

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 15th position.[2] In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida útil, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 30th position.[3]

  1. ^ La película del rey at IMDb.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Top 100" (in Spanish). Encuesta de cine argentino 2022. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.