MarianoLlinás’s868-minuteLaflorwasoneofthehighlightsofIFFR2019now,theArgentiniandirectorisbackwithafilmaboutItalian-ArgentinesingerIgnacioCorsini.“ThegreatestsingeroftangosandArgentineclassics”,saysLlinás,who,likeinLaflor,regularlyappearsinfrontofthecamerahimself.On9July–Argentina’sIndependenceDay–LlinássetsoffinBuenosAireswithhisregularcameramanAgustínMendilaharzutore-record‘CorsiniinterpretaaBlombergyMaciel’,analbummadein1929bylyricistHectorPedroBlombergandcomposerEnriqueMaciel,asanodetoJuanManueldeRosas,leaderoftheArgentineConfederation.
Llinásvisitstheplacesthatfeatureinthesongsandgoesinsearchofthestoriesbehindthealbum.Resultingingreatentertainment,withsongssuchas‘LapulperadeSantaLucia’includinglyricslike‘shewasblonde,herblueeyesreflectedthegloryoftheday,andshesanglikealark’.