16 Facts About Fernando Solanas

Fernando Ezequiel "Pino" Solanas was an Argentine film director, screenwriter, score composer and politician.

Fernando Solanas's films include; La hora de los hornos, Tangos: el exilio de Gardel, Sur, El viaje, La nube and Memoria del saqueo, among many others.

Fernando Solanas was National Senator representing the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires for six years, from 2013 to 2019.

Fernando Solanas was awarded a special Honorary Golden Bear at the 2004 Berlin Film Festival.

Fernando Solanas collaborated with tango composer and musician Astor Piazzolla on the soundtracks for various movies.

Fernando Solanas was at the forefront of the Grupo Cine Liberacion which shook Argentine cinema during the 1970s, developing its social conscience and political voice.

Fernando Solanas was active in the campaign to support Peron.

Together with Octavio Getino, Fernando Solanas wrote the manifesto "Toward a Third Cinema".

Fernando Solanas went into exile in Paris in 1976, only returning to Argentina with the arrival of democracy in 1983.

Fernando Solanas continued to make political films and was an outspoken critic of Carlos Menem, the Argentine President.

Three days after such a public criticism, on 21 May 1991, Fernando Solanas was shot six times in his legs.

Those responsible were never caught but Fernando Solanas always thought that Menem was behind it.

Fernando Solanas continued to write and direct, including the 2005 film La Dignidad de los Nadies and the 2008 film La ultima estacion.

Fernando Solanas's son, Juan Solanas, is a noted film director.

In October 2007, Fernando Solanas was a presidential candidate in the 2007 Argentine general election for the Authentic Socialist Party.

In 2013, Fernando Solanas was elected National Senator, representing Buenos Aires City from 2013 to 2019.