Canção da Juventude

Near the sea, very close to each other, there are two schools, one for boys and one for girls. Don Cesar (Julio Sanjuán) , with outdated ideas, governs the children's school with an iron hand, while two quite liberal nuns (Margot Cottens, María Fernanda D'Ocón) run theirs. Rocio (Rocio Dúrcal) lives there , she's a cheerful girl whom her father, a famous pianist called Rafael Luzón (Carlos Estrada) , has not visited for 5 years. One day, Rocio convinces the strict Don Cesar so that boys and girls can meet and become friends. Along the way, near the beach, they find the ruins of a Romanesque church, so they decide to refinish it and for which they plan to hold musical performances in order to save enough money to build it effectively.

Rocío Dúrcal's amusing sentimental comedy with mirth , fun , loving conflicts and family problems . It deals with a young girl , Rocio Dúrcal, who lives at a female boarding school together with her inseparable and pleasant friends . This is an entertaining and funny musical comedy proceeded in great simplicity and delicacy with plenty of vitality , humor and vivid imagination. A charming story stars the always likable Rocio Durcal whose life changes when appears her stranged father. Taking Marisol as a reference, the specialist in cinema child prodigy Luis Lucia directs Rocio Dúrcal in her debut film. A film with great charm and delicious musical performances by a very young Rocio Dúrcal. Well starred by attractive Rocio Dúrcal, the famous successful young girl of the sixties, discovered by producer Luis Sanz when participated at a TV singer contest called Primer Aplauso . His film debuts were 1962 ¨Cancion de Juventud¨, and ¨Rocio de la Mancha¨ by Luis Lucia, following Deanna Durbin 40' Hollywood films style. After that, she played 1965 ¨Mas bonita que ninguna¨ , ¨Acompañame¨, ¨Buenos dias condesita¨ , ¨La Chica del trebol¨, and ¨Cristina Guzman¨, most of them directed by Argentinean Luis Cesar Amadori . Subsequently, she performed musicals as "Las Leandras" 1969 and "La novicia rebelde" by Luis Lucia, a peculiar version de La hermana de San Sulpicio . Then, she attempted to change her traditional style with "Marianela" 1972 by Angelino Fons, "Diselo con flores" 1974 and an erotic film with Barbara Rey titled "Me siento extraña" . These movies failed and were a real flop, then she became a notorious singer of popular Mexican songs and Rancheras, getting hits all around the world. This ¨Cancion de juventud¨(1962) is an amusing and funny comedy with several musical numbers by the teen idol Rocio Durcal playing as a dreamy 17-year-old girl who discovers another way of loving, enjoying and living , containing hilarious moments here and there . The main entertainment of the film is of course the always nice and good singer Rocio Dúrcal , but also here there's a number of young figures playing the young boys and girls who will go on to prosperous film and stage careers , which include the following : Elena María Tejeiro , Concha Goyanes , Julio Riscal , Manuel Tejada , Juan Luis Galiardo , Concha Cuetos and José María Tasso , the well known ¨Flequillo¨. In addition, a number of veterans and supporting actors already have notorious careers, such as : Carlos Estrada, Helga Liné , Gracita Morales , Matilde Muñoz Sampedro and Francisco Bernal.

It displays colorful and sunny cinematography by Antonio L. Ballesteros shot on location in Salou, Tarragona, Bara, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain . Including a lot of songs mainly performed by Rocío Dúrcal : ¨Quisiera ser un ángel¨ , ¨La reunión (El ritmo del twist)¨, ¨La niña buena¨, ¨Canción de juventud¨ , ¨Qué bonito es trabajar¨, ¨La niña buena¨ performed by Jose Maria Tasso and Conchita Goyanes , ¨Volver a verte¨, ¨Canción de juventud (piano instrumental version) ¨ , ¨Escucha mi melodía¨. This is a decent Spanish production being professionally directed by Luis Lucia . The motion picture was financed by two Production Companies : Época Films S. A. and Procusa . Although Luis Lucia used to work for Compañía Industrial Film Español S. A. (CIFESA) , one of the most powerful producers of the Francoist period , while Luis Lucia provides his craftness and slickness to the direction. Luis was an advocate at law for company CIFESA that produced super-productions and often financed these false but breathtaking historical spectacles . His film debut was ¨13-13¨ and subsequently ¨Hombre De Negocios¨, two average ¨comedies . Later on , he directed two dated historical dramas : ¨Princesa De Ursinos¨ and ¨Jeromin¨ . And he made various Folkloric films for Juanita Reina : ¨Lóla La Piconera¨ , ¨Gloria Mairena¨ , Carmen Sevilla : ¨Hermana De San Sulpicio¨ , Lola Flores : ¨Morena Clara¨ , Antonio Molina : ¨Esta Voz Es Una Mina¨ , among others . Lucia discovered children prodigy as Marisol in ¨Tómbola¨, Rocio Durcal in ¨Canción de juventud¨ , Ana Belén in ¨Zampo y yo¨ and Jaime Blanch in ¨Jeromin¨ . Rating : 6/.510. The flick will appeal to Rocio Dúrcal fans.