Angustioso drama ambientado en la depresión americana. Un maratón de baile resulta una poderosa metáfora de las penalidades de la época y del sinsentido de la existencia. Se trata de una contundente adaptación de la novela ¿Acaso no matan a los caballos?, del escritor del género negro Horace McCoy. Obra del director de Memorias de África, la actriz Jane Fonda obtuvo su primera nominación al Oscar.
Gloria is a young woman of the Depression. She has aged beyond her years and feels her life is hopeless, having been cheated and betrayed many times in her past. While recovering from a suicide attempt, she gets the idea from a movie magazine to head for Hollywood to make it as an actress. Robert is a desperate Hollywood citizen trying to become a director, never doubting that he'll make it. Robert and Gloria meet and decide to enter a dance marathon, one of the crazes of the thirties. The grueling dancing takes its toll on Gloria's already weakened spirit, and she tells Robert that she'd be better off dead, that her life is hopeless - all the while acting cruelly and bitterly, alienating those around her, trying to convince him to shoot her and put her out of her misery. After all, they shoot horses, don't they?
1969: Oscar: Mejor actor de reparto (Gig Young). 9 nominaciones
1969: NBR - National Board of Review: Mejor película
Director: Sydney Pollack
Intérpretes: Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Gig Young, Susannah York, Red Buttons, Bonnie Bedelia, Bruce Dern
Guión: James Poe, Robert E. Thompson
Fotografía: Philip H. Lathrop
Título Original: They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Año: 1969
País: EE.UU.
Duración: 120 min.
Género: Drama
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