| La vuelta al nido | |
| Director: | Leopoldo Torres Ríos |
| Producer: | A. Z. Wilson |
| Starring: | José Gola Amelia Bence |
| Music: | Eugenio De Briganti Abrain De Briganti |
| Cinematography: | Carlos Torres Ríos |
| Studio: | Cinematográfica Terra |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Language: | Spanish |
La vuelta al nido is a 1938 Argentine psychological drama film written and directed by Leopoldo Torres Ríos and starring José Gola and Amelia Bence. Although upon its release it was harshly received by critics due to its slow and poetic tone, it was reappraised starting in the 1950s-1960s and has since been celebrated as ahead of its time in cinematic modernity and one of the great films of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema.
Writing for Página/12 on the occasion of its screening at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival in 2019, Diego Brodersen described it as a masterpiece and felt that: "Seen today, it stands out for its naturalism and narrative modernity, influenced by the cinema of directors such as King Vidor."[1]
It was selected as the fifth greatest Argentine film of all time in a poll conducted by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 1977, while it ranked 24th in the 2000 edition.[2] In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida util, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 51 position.[3]