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Cuidado con las imitaciones

1948 · 80 min

A breezy, cheerful romp of mistaken identities and musical numbers, easy to enjoy with a smile and little strain.

Directed by
Luis Bayón Herrera
Genres
Comedy, Music
Starring
Jorge Luz, Juan Carlos Cambón, Rafael Carret
Overview
An American producer arrives in Argentina searching for its most representative artists to film a movie. A group of imitators will try to convince him that they are the real artists he is looking for. The film was conceived as a showcase for the successful radio group "La Cruzada del Buen Humor", the precursor to what would later become "Los Cinco Grandes del Buen Humor", alongside the Cuban vedette Blanquita Amaro.

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Directed by
Luis Bayón Herrera
Genres
Comedy, Music
Starring
Jorge Luz, Juan Carlos Cambón, Rafael Carret
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • identity
  • music
  • deception
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy, music
Directed by
Luis Bayón Herrera
Written by
Máximo Aguirre
Starring
Jorge Luz, Juan Carlos Cambón, Rafael Carret, Guillermo Rico, Zelmar Gueñol, Blanquita Amaro, Tito Martínez del Box, Silvia Randall
Music
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Cinematography
Roque Funes, Carlos Torres Ríos
Runtime
80 min
Country
Argentina
Languages
Spanish

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