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Pura vida

1956 · 88 min

A breezy, good-natured comedy of mishaps where a clumsy outsider bumbles through city life and somehow lands on his feet.

Overview
Hapless Melquiades arrives in the city and embarrasses his relatives.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 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
  • identity
  • fate
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance4
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
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Directed by
Gilberto Martínez Solares
Written by
Gilberto Martínez Solares, Juan García
Starring
Antonio Espino 'Clavillazo', Carmelita González, Maricruz Olivier, Ramón Valdés
Music
Manuel Esperón
Cinematography
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Runtime
88 min
Country
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Languages
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