Vidalita

Vidalita
Spanish theatrical release poster
Directed byLuis Saslavsky
Written byAriel Cortazzo
Luis Saslavsky
Story byLuis Saslavsky
StarringMirtha Legrand
Fernando Lamas
Narciso Ibáñez Menta
CinematographyPablo Tabernero
Edited byGerardo Rinaldi
Music byJuan Ehlert
Luis Gianneo
Alejandro Gutiérrez del Barrio
Sebastián Piana
Production
company
Release date
  • 17 June 1949 (1949-06-17)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

Vidalita is a 1949 Argentine comedy film directed and co-written by Luis Saslavsky and produced by Emelco. It stars Mirtha Legrand as the title character, a girl who cross-dresses as a gaucho to be able to take charge of her grandfather's estate. This was considered transgressive for the time.i[1] Fernando Lamas stars as the captain of the fort, who falls in love with Legrand's character "to the point that he is willing to marry her without knowing if she is a man or a woman".[1]

  1. ^ a b Melo, Adrián (24 February 2022). "Mirtha Legrand cumple 95 años: ¿Lo digo o no lo digo?". Soy. Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 November 2022.