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title: 'The Hour of the Furnaces (1968)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Fernando Solanas'
released: '1968-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 264
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Argentina'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-hour-of-the-furnaces-1968'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063084/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Hour of the Furnaces (1968)

1968 · 264 min · Documentary, History · Argentina

Original title: La Hora de los Hornos

## Synopsis

The Hour of the Furnaces is a 1968 Argentine political documentary film directed by Octavio Getino and Fernando Solanas. 'The paradigm of revolutionary activist cinema', it addresses the politics of the 'Third worldist' films and Latin-American manifesto of the late 1960s. It is a key part of the 'Third Cinema', a movement that emerged in Latin America around the same time as the film's release. The work is a four-hour trilogy, divided into chapters and united by the theme of dependency and liberation. The first part - "Neo-Colonialism and Violence" - is conceived for diffusion in all types of circuits, and is the one presented at Cannes Classics.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Fernando Solanas](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-solanas), [Octavio Getino](https://cinepixo.com/people/octavio-getino)
- **Screenplay:** [Fernando Solanas](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-solanas), [Octavio Getino](https://cinepixo.com/people/octavio-getino)

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