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Aldo Francia

Chilean filmmaker (1923–1996)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 10, 2022
Entity authorityQ5664436 ↗
Source-derived summary

Aldo Francia (1923–1996) was a Chilean filmmaker.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Aldo Francia” as chilean filmmaker (1923–1996). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Aldo, Francia and Chilean.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1923, 1996—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1923-08-30. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Aldo, Francia and Chilean providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Aldo Francia”, the useful work is to connect “chilean filmmaker (1923–1996)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 10, 2022. The linked authority identifier is Q5664436. VIAF identifies the subject as 43478443. The Library of Congress control number is n91044570. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1923 and 1996.

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This entry incorporates text from “Aldo Francia” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.