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The Big Business

1959 · 65 min

A dry, deadpan small-town comedy of misguided hustle, played gently and observed with a knowing, satiric eye.

Overview
In a town that relies heavily on horses, two men try to get rich by patenting and selling bags that hold the animals' body waste.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • work
  • ambition
  • class
  • deception
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Simón Feldman
Written by
Juan José Barrenechea, Oscar “Oski” Conti, Simón Feldman
Starring
Ubaldo Martínez, Luis Tasca, Tincho Zabala, Adolfo Linvel, María Esther Podestá, Nelly Tesolín, Eduardo Fasulo, Sergio Corona
Cinematography
Vicente Cosentino
Runtime
65 min
Country
Argentina
Languages
Spanish

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