Si muero antes de despertar

1952
1h 13m

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Lucio Santana's prankster friend reveals a man's suspicious behavior with lollipops. When she's murdered, Lucio must decide between keeping his vow or informing his detective father about th... Read allLucio Santana's prankster friend reveals a man's suspicious behavior with lollipops. When she's murdered, Lucio must decide between keeping his vow or informing his detective father about the potential killer.Lucio Santana's prankster friend reveals a man's suspicious behavior with lollipops. When she's murdered, Lucio must decide between keeping his vow or informing his detective father about the potential killer.

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7.4/10

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Trivia
This film originally was produced as the third segment No abras nunca esa puerta (1952). When production was completed and the initial cut proved to be far too long, it was shortened to two segments, and this film was turned into a stand-alone release.

Goofs
A man abducts Julia, and Lucio tracks them by following the chalk marks Julia is leaving. As he tracks them, Lucio takes the buttons off of his coat and leaves them for his father to follow. He goes down a street and sees a chalk mark. Again, he leaves a button, but this time he goes back from where he had just come, retracing his steps instead of proceeding forward. Logic states that the man kidnapping Julia would go forward to his lair and not to retrace his footsteps. Yet this is what Lucio does as he "follows" the kidnapper.

Quotes
Lucio Santana: [attacked by the Corrupter] Pray, Julia! Louder!
Julia Losada: My hands are faithfully crossed! Now I lay me down to sleep...

Connections
Featured in Preserving Memory: Fernando Martín Peña on Argentine Cinema (2024)

Soundtracks
Sobre las olas
(uncredited)
Music by Juventino Rosas
Played during the carousel scenes and by the organ grinder

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8/10

Another foreign film gem!

Saw this on TCM as part of a series on Christensen films and was impressed. Great film noir atmospherics and cinematography, and acting all around excellent, especially the blind mother. She does her best to protect her son but is torn when realizes he is broken, but her instincts, both maternal and moral, play out to the ironic end. Besides the twists and turns of crime, refuge, protection, and justice, this film had incredibly modern style...a clue to how Argentina was and must still be a very sophisticated society and culture. The sets, art, and look felt ahead of it's time compared to US films of the same era.