Waldo de los Ríos
Biography
Osvaldo Nicolás Ferraro, better known as Waldo de los Ríos (1934-1977), was a renowned Argentine musician and film score composer. He is remembered for being the musician for multiple films, both from Argentina and Spain, the latter being his residence during his last fifteen years. He died after shooting himself in the head due to severe depression after hiding his sexuality.
Known For & Full Filmography3 Titles
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Material de archivo
Documentary about the life of Waldo de los Rios, famous Argentinian musician who is nowadays forgotten.
Movie - 1973, 2h 15m • as Self
Argentinísima II is a film filmed in Argentine colors directed by Fernando Ayala and Héctor Olivera according to their own script that premiered on June 21, 1973 and whose main actors were Ginamaría Hidalgo, Eduardo Falú, Jaime Dávalos and Raúl Barboza. The continuation was planned for 1974 as Argentinísima III with a plot by Jaime Dávalos, but since problems with the title and intellectual property could not be overcome, it was not made.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Self (archive footage)
The morning of the 28th of March, 1977, the news broke out that the prestigious composer of "Ode to joy", Waldo de los Ríos, was found dead with two gunshots to the face. This documentary is a project trying to decipher all the secrets behind the public figure of the celebrated Argentinian musician, who lived in Spain since the 60s. During the investigation, we find a life of fame, luxury, passion, homophobia, dictatorship, esotericism, depression, solitud, an enigmatic suicide... and oblivion. We try to understand how one of the biggest composers of universal history transformed his own life into a requiem. From home-movies, photographs, personal letters, audio tapes and other inedit material, the documentary presents the most intimate and hidden portrait of this revolutionary musical genius.