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El gordo de América

1976 · 82 min

A light, silly comedy full of physical gags and misunderstandings that you can enjoy without much thought.

Directed by
Enrique Cahen Salaberry
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Jorge Porcel, Elizabeth Killian, Javier Portales
Overview
To celebrate his promotion, a manager (Javier Portales) decides to summon his brother from the field, but as he did not stop making disasters he sends him back. His brother (Jorge Porcel) is not convinced and dazzled by an advertisement decides to set up an investigation office.

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Directed by
Enrique Cahen Salaberry
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Jorge Porcel, Elizabeth Killian, Javier Portales
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 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
  • family
  • ambition
  • work
  • deception
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance3
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Enrique Cahen Salaberry
Written by
Jorge Porcel, Oscar Viale
Starring
Jorge Porcel, Elizabeth Killian, Javier Portales, Leonor Benedetto, Jorge Martínez, Dorys del Valle, Beto Gianola, Raimundo Soto
Runtime
82 min
Country
Argentina
Languages
Spanish

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