US EditionHector Alterio, the Retired Friend Who Approached Us to the Truth
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The death of Héctor Alterio this Saturday at the age of 96 caused shock in the world of the show.The actor resided in Madrid since 1975, when he decided to leave Argentina after receiving threats from Triple A, just before the beginning of the last military dictatorship.In spite of that, on several occasions, the renowned actor stepped on his home country to film films that would remain in the memory of Argentines; and Wild Horses was one of the…
How the death of Hector hurts. With him and Federico Luppi, who died in 2017, I have lost two ties of union with Argentina, my second country. They were each close in their own way, but my bridges with that nation go away.
The death of Héctor Alterio not only left an immense void in the Ibero-American film scene, but also revived memories of the most memorable moments the actor gave us on the big screen. Among them, a line of dialogue in the film Wild Horses (1995) transcended fiction to become ingrained in the Argentine popular imagination: “Damn, it’s worth being alive!” Origin
On Saturday, December 13, Héctor Alterio, one of the most influential and committed figures of the Argentine performance, died. He was 96 years old and, according to his family, died “after a long and full life dedicated to art and his family, active professionally until the end.” With his departure, national cinema fired much more than an actor: an ethical voice, a profound presence and a sensitivity that knew how to embody as few the spirit of…
The actor Héctor Alterio died this Saturday in Madrid at the age of 96. With an extensive career in cinema, theatre and television, his figure was associated with numerous milestones of Argentine art. Among them, a scene from the film Wild Horses (1995) that gave rise to one of the most remembered phrases of national cinema: “The whore that is worth being alive”. Directed by Marcelo Piñeyro and written along with Aida Bortnik, Wild Horses is a r…
One of the most iconic phrases given by actor Héctor Alterio, who died this Saturday at the age of 96, was “The p*** that is worth being alive.” Alterio starred Wild Horses (1995) alongside Leonardo Sbaraglia, Fernán Mirás Cecilia Dopazo, a film directed by Marcelo Piñeiro. The actor revealed in radio statements that the idea phrase of the director, who summoned...
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