| The Hand in the Trap | |
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| Directed by | Leopoldo Torre Nilsson |
| Written by | Beatriz Guido Leopoldo Torre Nilsson Ricardo Muñoz Suay Ricardo Luna |
| Story by | Beatriz Guido |
| Produced by | Leopoldo Torre Nilsson |
| Starring | Francisco Rabal Elsa Daniel Leonardo Favio |
| Cinematography | Juan Julio Baena |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
The Hand in the Trap (Spanish: La mano en la trampa) is a 1961 Argentine film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson and starring Francisco Rabal, Elsa Daniel and Leonardo Favio. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize.[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 17th 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 47th position.[3]
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Hand in the Trap". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Top 100" (in Spanish). Encuesta de cine argentino 2022. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.