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Los chiflados del batallón

1975 · 90 min

A light, silly military comedy full of slapstick mishaps and songs, easy to watch and forget.

Overview
The adventures and misadventures in the military service of a short-sighted boy from Chaco.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 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
  • friendship
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • military
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
music, comedy
Directed by
Enrique Dawi
Written by
Jorge Falcón
Starring
Albino Rojas Martínez, Mario Sánchez, Carlos Vanoni, Carlos Scazziotta, Horacio Heredia, Eddie Pequenino, Adriana Aguirre, Tono Andreu
Cinematography
Ricardo Younis
Runtime
90 min
Country
Argentina
Languages
Spanish

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