Thirst (1960 film)

Thirst
Directed byLucas Demare
Written byEmilio Canda
Antonio Cuevas
Lucas Demare
Augusto Roa Bastos (novel)
Produced byAdolfo Cabrera
CinematographyManuel Merino
Alberto Etchebehere
Edited byJorge Gárate
Gori Muñoz
Music byLucio Demare
Manuel Parada
Production
companies
Distributed byArgentina Sono Film
Iris Films
Release date
  • 27 April 1961 (1961-04-27)
Running time
91 minutes
CountriesArgentina
Spain
LanguageSpanish

Thirst (Spanish: La sed) aka Hijo de Hombre, aka Choferes del Chaco is a 1960 Argentine-Spanish war film directed by Lucas Demare.[1] It is set during the Chaco War (1932–35) between Bolivia and Paraguay, sometimes known as the "War of the Thirst". The script is based on a chapter of Augusto Roa Bastos novel Hijo de Hombre. It was made as a co-production between Argentina Sono Film and the Spanish company Suevia Films.

  1. ^ Weldt-Basson p.8