Los Isleros

Los isleros is a 1951 Argentine film directed by Lucas Demare, during the classical era of Argentine cinema. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival and won the Silver Condor Award for Best Film.

It was selected as the seventh greatest Argentine film of all time in a poll conducted by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 1984, while it ranked 11th in the 2000 edition.

Los isleros is a story about the hardships and rudimentary lives of the people who live on the islands of the Paraná River delta in the 1940s, and in particular about a couple, Rosalía, nicknamed "La Carancha" (Tita Merello) and her partner Leandro (Arturo García Buhr). Their son brings a woman (Graciela Lecube) into the house, which sparks a conflict due to the jealousy the young woman arouses in "La Carancha." The film also depicts the social drama of the Paraná River floods.