Aníbal Troilo

Acting

Biography

Aníbal Carmelo Troilo, alias Pichuco, was an Argentine bandoneonist and composer of tango, who also made some appearances in films.

Known For

6.6

After the end of the military dictatorship in Argentina in 1983, Floreal is released from prison. Instead of returning to his wife, he wanders through the night of Buenos Aires. He meets some people from his past–most of which are only imaginary–and remembers the events of his imprisonment.

The South

1988Movie

7.0

Obsessed by a Mexican singer, an Argentine doctor arrives in Paris; Far from his land he begins to find his true identity transforming into a singer of tangos.

The Tango Returns to Paris

1948Movie

6.4

The members of a Buenos Aires family have three hobbies — "berretines" in Buenos Aires slang — that keep them apart of their duties. Because of that, the family business is going down, and the only one who is concerned is the father, who hopes for his fourth son, an architect, to save the situation.

Los Tres Berretines

1933Movie

8.0

The plot reflects the figure of Pascual Contursi, tango poet. In love with a singer, he leaves his wife and son to go with her. Some time later, the singer leaves him and he composes the tango that gives the film its title.

Mi noche triste

1952Movie

7.4

A man and a woman fall in love in the streets of a nocturnal Buenos Aires.

Prisioneros de una noche

1962Movie

8.0

Argentinísima II is a film filmed in Argentine colors directed by Fernando Ayala and Héctor Olivera according to their own script that premiered on June 21, 1973 and whose main actors were Ginamaría Hidalgo, Eduardo Falú, Jaime Dávalos and Raúl Barboza. The continuation was planned for 1974 as Argentinísima III with a plot by Jaime Dávalos, but since problems with the title and intellectual property could not be overcome, it was not made.