What is Fernando Solanas?
[[File:Fernando 'Pino' Solanas (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Fernando Ezequiel 'Pino' Solanas''' (16 February 1936 – 6 November 2020) was an Argentine movie director, screenwriter, and politician. He was known for directing ''[[The Hour of the Furnaces|La hora de los hornos (The Hour of the Furnaces)]]'' (1968), ''[[El Exilio de Gardel (Tangos)|Tangos: el exilio de Gardel]]'' (1985), ''[[Sur (movie)|Sur]]'' (1988), ''[[The Journey (1992 movie)|El viaje]]'' (1992), and ''[[Memoria del saqueo]]'' (2004). He was [[Argentine Senate|National Senator]] representing the [[Autonomous City of Buenos Aires]] for six years from 2013 to 2019. He was a member of the [[Proyecto Sur]]. In [[2007 Argentine general election|2007]], he unsuccessfully ran for [[President of Argentina]]. Solanas was born in [[Buenos Aires]]. From 1976 to 1983, he lived in [[exile]] in [[Paris]]. He returned when the country became [[democratic]]. Solanas died of [[COVID-19]] on 6 November 2020 in Paris, aged 84.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-11-07|title=Fernando “Pino” Solanas murió por coronavirus en París|url=https://www.infobae.com/politica/2020/11/07/fernando-pino-solanas-murio-por-coronavirus-en-paris/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-07|website=infobae|language=es-ES}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.pinosolanas.com/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051207012713/http://www.pinosolanas.com/ |date=2005-12-07 }} *{{IMDb name|0812625}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Solanas. Fernando}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Paris]] [[Category:Argentine movie directors]] [[Category:Argentine screenwriters]] [[Category:Politicians from Buenos Aires]] [[Category:Writers from Buenos Aires]] {{bio-stub}}