The Power of Darkness (1979 film)

For the 1924 film, see The Power of Darkness (1924 film).
El Poder de las tinieblas
Directed by Mario Sábato
Produced by Pedro Pereyra
Screenplay by Mario Sábato
Based on On Heroes and Tombs 
by Ernesto Sábato
Starring Sergio Renán
Osvaldo Terranova
Christina Banegas
Leonor Benedetto
Aldo Barbero
Rodolfo Brindisi
Music by Víctor Proncet
Cinematography Leonardo Rodríguez Solí
Release dates
June 14, 1979
Country Argentina
Language Spanish

The Power of Darkness or El Poder de las tinieblas is a 1979 Argentine mystery-horror thriller film directed by Mario Sábato and starring Sergio Renán. It is based on the chapter named Informe sobre ciegos ("Report on the Blind"), from the novel On Heroes and Tombs, written by the father of the director, Ernesto Sábato.[1] It was nominated for Best Film at the International Fantasy Film Award Fantasporto in 1982.[2]

The film can be read as a clear metaphor for the State terrorism and violence produced by the dictatorship that ruled Argentina at that time, the self-titled National Reorganization Process (1976–1983).

Synopsis

A man (Renán) has discovered a global conspiracy made by blind people, but can not prove or convince others. So he decides to write a report for the record, in case something happens . The film takes place in dark places, during the night, such as subways and basements.

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