Shunko

{{Infobox film | name = Shunko | image = | caption = | director = Lautaro Murúa | producer = Leo Kanaf<br>Daniel Cherniavsky | writer = Augusto Roa Bastos | based_on = The novel ''Shunko'', by Jorge Washington Ábalos | starring = Lautaro Murúa<br>Raúl del Valle<br>Fanny Olivera | music = Waldo de los Ríos | cinematography = Vicente Cosentino | editing = José Serra | released = {{Film date|1960|11|17|Argentina}} | runtime = 76 minutes | country = Argentina | language = Spanish<br>Quechua | studio = | distributor = | budget = | gross = }} thumb | right | alt=Photo taken during a scene from "Shunko", a film directed by Lautaro Murúa (1960) | Photo taken during a scene from "Shunko", a film directed by Lautaro Murúa (1960) '''''Shunko''''' is a 1960 Argentine drama film directed by and starring Lautaro Murúa. It was written by Augusto Roa Bastos and based on Jorge W. Abalos' {{ill|Shunko (novel)|es|Shunko|lt=novel of the same name}}. It won the Silver Condor Award for Best Film. In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 16th position.<ref>{{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|via=Encuesta de cine argentino 2022 on Google Drive|pages=6–14|title=Las 100 mejores del periodo 1933-1999 del Cine Argentino}}</ref>

==Synopsis== A teacher (Murúa) educated in the big city is assigned to a rural school in the province of Santiago del Estero, where his students are Quechua speakers. Initially, the ethnocentric prejudices of the teacher and his ignorance of the Quechua culture and the children lead him to enter into conflict with his students and to distance himself from them. Little by little it is the teacher who begins to learn from his students, establishing a relationship of respect and mutual learning.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film243996.html |title=Shunko (1960)}}</ref>

==Cast== * Lautaro Murúa * Raúl del Valle * Fanny Olivera * Orlando Sacha * Gabriela Schóo * Ángel Greco * Graciela Rueda * Marta Roldán * Oscar Llompart * Raúl Parini * Ramón del Valle García * Guillermina Rosenstein * Beatriz Abre * Angélica Monti

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|id =0055446|title=Shunko}}

Category:1960 films Category:1960 Spanish-language films Category:Argentine black-and-white films Category:1960 Argentine films Category:Argentine drama films Category:1960 drama films