Ché OVNI

Ché OVNI is a 1968 Argentine science-fiction musical comedy film directed by Aníbal Uset and starring Juan Carlos Altavista, Javier Portales, Jorge Sobral, and Marcela López Rey.^[1][2][3]

Ché OVNI
Ché OVNI theatrical poster
Directed by	Aníbal Uset
Written by	Augusto Giustozzi Aníbal Uset
Produced by	Delfor María Beccaglia
Starring	Juan Carlos Altavista Javier Portales Jorge Sobral Marcela López Rey
Cinematography	Ignacio Souto
Edited by	Jacinto Cascales Miguel Ángel Muñoz Cabrera
Music by	Óscar López Ruiz Sergio Mihanovich
Distributed by	Artistas Argentinos Asociados
Release date	August 7, 1968 (1968-08-07) (Argentine theatrical)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish

Background

Ché OVNI was only the second space film to be made in Argentina, after El Satelite Chiflado (The Crazy Satellite).^[4] The film is about alien invaders who abduct a tango-singer.^[4][5] OVNI means "UFO"; a newspaper article from the Cine Herald, July 17, 1968, depicted a cartoon Martian landing in the capital of Spain" a part of the promotion to the film.^[6]

Plot

An alien envoy arrives on Earth to kidnap a porteño tango singer and she is taken to planet where there is no live. She and other aliens of the planet wish to feel love again and the computers inform her that she is well-suited to trying to accomplish this, and results in a series of tango performances. The aliens fall in love with the tango singer Jorge (Jorge Sobral).

Principal cast

• Juan Carlos Altavista as Juan
• Javier Portales as Professor
• Jorge Sobral as Jorge
• Marcela López Rey as Cósmica
• Erika Wallner as Rubia
• Perla Caron as Amarilla
• Zelmar Gueño as Pierre

Reception

Shot on locations in London, Paris, Madrid and Buenos Aires, the film was considered "one of the most thunderous commercial failures" in Argentine film.^[7] However, Augusto R. Giustozzi said that Jorge Sobral "excelled" in his role.^[8]