Don Segundo Sombra

The story takes place in San Antonio de Areco, in the Argentine pampas. Fabio Cáceres remembers his childhood as an orphan and his youth working in the fields, alongside his godfather, Don Segundo Sombra, a lonely gaucho whom he admires and from whom he will learn to be a gaucho, following him in all his adventures. Don Segundo will be Fabio's role model.

Director

Manuel Antín

Screenplay

Manuel Antín

Novela

Ricardo Güiraldes

Screenplay

Augusto Roa Bastos

Status

Released

Release date

07/06/1969

Original language

Spanish