
Edmo Cominetti
Directing
Biography
Edmo Cominetti was a film director and one of the pioneers of Argentine cinema. He began his career his career during the silent period and continued after the sound era arrived, until the mid-40s.
Known For

A young woman gives birth in Buenos Aires at the time of Rosas. As her husband was a young opponent of the government, supposedly murdered, she must fight against the gossip.
Azahares rojos

On the night of his marriage, a young bourgeois man runs over a cyclist. He believes he is dead and hides the body. However, a mysterious character will later appear in his life.
The Corpse Breaks a Date

In a pension, a good-hearted student falls in love with a young woman seduced by a Don Juan.
Papá Chirola

A bohemian reluctant to marriage and work will get sudden wealth.
Así te quiero

The film, which contains exterior scenes filmed in the Paraná Delta, narrates a confrontation between troops from the Argentine Naval Prefecture and some silk smugglers on the Paraná River.
The Gold Route

Some students in a boarding house have to face the reality of everyday life in pursuit of their goals. The life of one, Carlos, changes drastically when he falls in love with the hotel maid.
Destinos

In a middle class family in Buenos Aires, a conflict arises between their two sons. One is a carefree playboy who spends his nights on cabarets. The other, a promising engineer who is the pride of the family.
La borrachera del tango

A priest hears in an act of confession protected by ecclesiastical secrecy the author of the crime of a powerful rancher that the townspeople attribute to his young girlfriend.
Bajo la mirada de Dios
First spoken short film of Argentine cinema.
El adiós del unitario
A 1924 film.
El matrero
Pablo Luque, a young man from the south looking for work, arrives at Los Cardales, a flourishing ranch owned by Pedro Aguirre, after seeing his mother die. Aguirre hires Luque to work there. The rude young man sparks the curiosity of the ranch owner's young daughter, who sees him as very different from the rest of the gang members. A few days later, Luque, who thought of himself as a shy young man, demonstrates the courage of his fists and his heart.
Los hijos de naides
Like almost all of Edmo Cominetti's films, in this, his first film as a director, he presents an important social situation plagued by conflicts that arise in a town. It was presented as a Chaco Film production. This film was shot in partnership with Edmo's brother, Sóstenes Luis Cominetti, being a kind of rehearsal.