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The Car

2003

A breezy, good-natured family comedy about pride and a disastrous used car, full of warm domestic chaos and gentle laughs.

Directed by
Luis Alberto Orjuela
Genres
Comedy, Family, Adventure
Starring
Diego Cadavid, Monica Lopera, César Badillo
Overview
When the Velezes agree to buy a used Chevrolet Bel-Air from their neighbors, who've recently won a brand-new car in a school raffle, they're thrilled about the prospect of leaving Bogotá's public transportation system behind. Little do they know that, despite its glossy red exterior, their newfound status symbol is a real lemon. Colombian director Luis Orjuela helms this hilarious look at the pitfalls of automobile ownership.

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Directed by
Luis Alberto Orjuela
Genres
Comedy, Family, Adventure
Starring
Diego Cadavid, Monica Lopera, César Badillo
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • class
  • ambition
  • work
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, family, adventure
Directed by
Luis Alberto Orjuela
Written by
Dago García
Starring
Diego Cadavid, Monica Lopera, César Badillo, Luly Bossa, Diana Hoyos, Bernardo García, Fernando Arévalo, Fernando Solórzano
Country
Colombia
Languages
Spanish

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