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Who Killed Grandpa?

1972 · 85 min

A quiet, wry Mexican chamber piece where a morbid secret sits in the house and the comedy comes from the strain of keeping it.

Directed by
Carlos Enrique Taboada
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Starring
Amparo Rivelles, Enrique Rambal, Tito Junco
Overview
A man dies of a heart attack and his wife hides the body in order to continue collecting pension.

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Directed by
Carlos Enrique Taboada
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Starring
Amparo Rivelles, Enrique Rambal, Tito Junco
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • deception
    • greed
    • family
    • death
    Places
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour5
    Realism7
    Romance1
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy, drama, mystery
    Directed by
    Carlos Enrique Taboada
    Written by
    Carlos Enrique Taboada, Rodolfo de Anda
    Starring
    Amparo Rivelles, Enrique Rambal, Tito Junco, Víctor Junco, Mario García 'Harapos', Eduardo Alcaraz, Ahui Camacho, Manuel Bravo
    Runtime
    85 min
    Country
    Mexico
    Languages
    Spanish

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