Este es el romance del Aniceto y la Francisca, de cómo quedó trunco, comenzó la tristeza y unas pocas cosas más..., or simply El Romance del Aniceto y la Francisca, is a 1967 Argentine romantic drama film directed and written by Leonardo Favio, based on the short story El cenizo by Jorge Zuhair Jury. The film stars Federico Luppi, Elsa Daniel, MarÃÂa Vaner and Edgardo Suárez.
A love story from a small town where Aniceto, accustomed to solitude, finds himself entangled in a seductive dance between the decency and sweetness of Francisca, also known as "La Santita", and the fiery allure of LucÃÂa, his provocative muse.
It was selected as the 9th Greatest Argentine Film of All Time in a poll conducted by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 1984, while it ranked 5th in the 2000 edition.
In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by specialized magazines La vida util, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 13th position.
In an interview with Vulture, filmmaker Guillermo del Toro expressed admiration for the film and for Federico Luppi's performance.
Aniceto, a remake of the film also directed by Favio, was released in 2008.