Rosaura at 10 O'Clock

Rosaura at 10 O'Clock is a 1958 Argentine crime drama mystery film directed by Mario Soffici and starring Juan Verdaguer and Susana Campos. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on a 1955 novel of the same name written by Marco Denevi. It was selected as the fourth greatest Argentine film of all time in a poll conducted by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000. 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 21 position. Plot The story begins at La Madrileña, a boardinghouse in Buenos Aires. The owner, Mrs. Milagros, lives there with her three daughters along with Camilo Canegato, a shy, short-statured, middle-aged, painter and portrait restorer; David Réguel, a law school student; and several others. After residing at the house for 12 years, Camilo begins to receive perfumed, love letters from a woman named Rosaura with the 10pm mail. Also, he has a painting of the young and beautiful Rosaura hidden in his room. Mrs. Milagros and her daughters read the passionate letters without Camilo's knowledge and later discover the painting. They are astonished that such a young beauty could fall in love with the shy painter. They also learn of Rosaura's life with her aunt and wealthy, domineering father who is forcing her to marry a man she doesn't love.