Complejo Tita Merello, Movie theater in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Complejo Tita Merello is a closed cinema at Suipacha 442 in Buenos Aires, its building designed by Hungarian architect Andrés Kalnay and built by engineer Arturo Schirato. Its facade mixes Art Deco with elements of traditional Hungarian architecture. Inside were three screening rooms, restored when the INCAA took over the hall in 1995.
The building opened in 1928 as Gran Cine Suipacha and became part of INCAA, the state film institute, in 1995. This transition helped secure the cinema as a dedicated space for Argentine film production and exhibition.
The name honours Tita Merello, the Argentine actress and singer, when INCAA took over the Suipacha in 1995. From 2003 the hall was renamed Espacio INCAA Km 2, a label tied to the institute's nationwide circuit of Argentine-film venues. The building later housed a private venture alongside the cinema.
The cinema at Suipacha 442 has been closed since midnight on 30 June 2010, so there are no screenings to plan around. Its three restored halls, part of the INCAA circuit from 1995, can only be seen from the street; the building later housed a private venture in one section.
From 2003 the INCAA extended its Argentine-film circuit nationwide, and the Tita Merello became the Espacio INCAA Km 2 — "Km 2" referring to its address on Suipacha Street, not a distance. The building also housed a private venture after part of it was ceded in 2006, before the cinema closed at midnight on 30 June 2010.
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