# His Best Student
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{{Infobox film
| name = His Best Student
| image = Su mejor alumno.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| native_name =
| director = [Lucas Demare](/source/Lucas_Demare)
| producer =
| writer = [Homero Manzi](/source/Homero_Manzi), [Ulises Petit de Murat](/source/Ulises_Petit_de_Murat)
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on = {{based on|Vida de Dominguito|[Domingo F. Sarmiento](/source/Domingo_F._Sarmiento)}}
| starring = [Enrique Muiño](/source/Enrique_Mui%C3%B1o) and [Ángel Magaña](/source/%C3%81ngel_Maga%C3%B1a)
| narrator =
| music = [Lucio Demare](/source/Lucio_Demare)
| cinematography = [Bob Roberts](/source/Bob_Roberts_(cinematographer))
| editing = [Carlos Rinaldi](/source/Carlos_Rinaldi)
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1944|05|22|Buenos Aires|df=y}}
| runtime = 114 minutes
| country = Argentina
| language = [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''His Best Student''''' (Spanish:'''''Su mejor alumno''''') is a [1944](/source/List_of_Argentine_films_of_1944) Argentine [biographical film](/source/biographical_film) of the [classical period](/source/Golden_Age_of_Argentine_cinema) directed by [Lucas Demare](/source/Lucas_Demare) and starring [Enrique Muiño](/source/Enrique_Mui%C3%B1o) and [Ángel Magaña](/source/%C3%81ngel_Maga%C3%B1a). It was released in Buenos Aires on 22 May 1944. The film won many awards, including the award for best film of the year.
In a survey of the [100 greatest films of Argentine cinema](/source/The_100_Greatest_Films_of_Argentine_Cinema) carried out by the [Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken](/source/Museo_del_Cine_Pablo_Ducr%C3%B3s_Hicken) in 2000, the film reached the 39th position.[{{cite journal|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ITZbOc_XZnbJ1W2a9Lq9Zk8xJRrWrzPg/view|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121182959/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ITZbOc_XZnbJ1W2a9Lq9Zk8xJRrWrzPg/view|archive-date=21 November 2022|accessdate=21 November 2022|year=2000|issue=3|work=La mirada cautiva|location=Buenos Aires|publisher=[Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken](/source/Museo_del_Cine_Pablo_Ducr%C3%B3s_Hicken)|via=[Encuesta de cine argentino 2022](/source/The_100_Greatest_Films_of_Argentine_Cinema) on [Google Drive](/source/Google_Drive)|pages=6–14|title=Las 100 mejores del periodo 1933-1999 del Cine Argentino}}]
==Synopsis==
The film is an emotional enactment of the life of Domingo Sarmiento, the son of a former president of Argentina and the father of public education in the country, [Domingo Faustino Sarmiento](/source/Domingo_Faustino_Sarmiento) (Enrique Muiño). "Dominguito" volunteers to fight in the [Paraguayan War](/source/Paraguayan_War), in which he dies.{{sfn|Plazaola|1989|p=69}} It is based on ''Vida de Dominguito'' ("Dominguito's life"), written by his father.{{sfn|Su mejor alumno, IMDb}}
==Cast==
The cast included:{{sfn|Su mejor alumno, IMDb}}
{{colbegin}}
* [Enrique Muiño](/source/Enrique_Mui%C3%B1o) ([Domingo Faustino Sarmiento](/source/Domingo_Faustino_Sarmiento))
* [Ángel Magaña](/source/%C3%81ngel_Maga%C3%B1a) (Dominguito)
* [Orestes Caviglia](/source/Orestes_Caviglia)
* [Norma Castillo](/source/Norma_Castillo)
* [Guillermo Battaglia](/source/Guillermo_Battaglia)
* [María Esther Buschiazzo](/source/Mar%C3%ADa_Esther_Buschiazzo)
* [Hugo Pimentel](/source/Hugo_Pimentel)
* [Alberto de Mendoza](/source/Alberto_de_Mendoza)
* [Judith Sulián](/source/Judith_Suli%C3%A1n)
* [Domingo Márquez](/source/Domingo_M%C3%A1rquez)
* [Bernardo Perrone](/source/Bernardo_Perrone)
* [René Mugica](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Mugica)
* [Pedro Fiorito](/source/Pedro_Fiorito)
* [Horacio Priani](/source/Horacio_Priani)
* Mario Lozano
* [César Fiaschi](/source/C%C3%A9sar_Fiaschi)
* [Warly Ceriani](/source/Warly_Ceriani)
* [Américo Sanjurjo](/source/Am%C3%A9rico_Sanjurjo)
* [Alberto Terrones](/source/Alberto_Terrones)
* [Pablo Cumo](/source/Pablo_Cumo)
* [Carlos Lagrotta](/source/Carlos_Lagrotta)
* [Arsenio Perdiguero](/source/Arsenio_Perdiguero)
* [Carmen Giménez](/source/Carmen_Gim%C3%A9nez_(actress))
{{colend}}
==Awards==
The [Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences](/source/Argentine_Academy_of_Cinematography_Arts_and_Sciences_(1941%E2%80%9355)) gave a number of awards for the film:{{sfn|ARCHIVO · Premios Anuales 1941 - 1953}}
*Best Picture: [Artistas Argentinos Asociados](/source/Artistas_Argentinos_Asociados)
*Best director: [Lucas Demare](/source/Lucas_Demare)
*Best original story [Ulyses Petit de Murat](/source/Ulyses_Petit_de_Murat) and [Homero Manzi](/source/Homero_Manzi)
*Best Actor [Enrique Muiño](/source/Enrique_Mui%C3%B1o)
*Best scenography [Ralph Pappier](/source/Ralph_Pappier)
*Best cinematographer [Bob Roberts](/source/Bob_Roberts_(cinematographer))
*Best sound [Ramón Ator](/source/Ram%C3%B3n_Ator)
*Best editing [Carlos Rinaldi](/source/Carlos_Rinaldi)
At the [1945 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards](/source/1945_Argentine_Film_Critics_Association_Awards) the film won [Best Film](/source/Silver_Condor_Award_for_Best_Film),[{{cite web|url=http://www.cine.ar/contenidos/38-Premios-Condor/ |title=Los ganadores, año por año |publisher=Cine.ar |access-date=16 June 2014 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813030353/http://www.cine.ar/contenidos/38-Premios-Condor/ |archive-date=13 August 2014 }}] [Best Director](/source/Silver_Condor_Award_for_Best_Director), [Best Actor](/source/Silver_Condor_Award_for_Best_Actor) ([Enrique Muiño](/source/Enrique_Mui%C3%B1o)), [Best Adapted Screenplay](/source/Silver_Condor_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay) ([Ulises Petit de Murat](/source/Ulises_Petit_de_Murat), [Homero Manzi](/source/Homero_Manzi)) and [Best Camera Operator](/source/Silver_Condor_Award_for_Best_Camera_Operator) ([Humberto Peruzzi](/source/Humberto_Peruzzi)).
==References==
'''Citations'''
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'''Sources'''
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*{{cite web|ref={{harvid|ARCHIVO · Premios Anuales 1941 - 1953}}|url=http://www.academiadecine.org.ar/premios-anuales2.php |language=es
|title=ARCHIVO · Premios Anuales 1941 - 1953|publisher=Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas|access-date=2014-05-30}}
*{{cite book|last=Plazaola|first=Luis Trelles|title=South American Cinema/ Cine De America Del Sur: Dictionary of Film Makers/ Diccionario De Los Productores De Peliculas
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VansCHXxnZYC&pg=PA69|access-date=2014-05-31|date=1989-01-01|publisher=La Editorial, UPR|isbn=978-0-8477-2011-8}}
*{{cite web|ref={{harvid|Su mejor alumno, IMDb}}|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037320/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt
|title=Su mejor alumno|work=IMDb|access-date=2014-05-31}}
{{refend}}
{{Lucas Demare}}
{{Silver Condor Award Best Film}}
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