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The Bitter Stems

1956 · 1 h 30 min
Directed by Fernando Ayala
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Cast

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Plot

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1950s. A journalist is drawn into a scam and a murder, and loses control of his life.

Sinekatalog’s take

Fernando Ayala's Argentine noir, Los tallos amargos, is a bleak and well-regarded thriller of its country's cinema.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.6 / 10 (1,097 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.