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El señor doctor

1965 · 113 min

A gentle, good-hearted comedy that mixes hospital drama with folksy charm, leaving you uplifted by its simple compassion.

Overview
It's about a country doctor that comes to the city while a clinic is built in his home town... he rubs off his care and compassion on others at the hospital with his humor and wit.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • healing
  • class
  • family
  • parenthood
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • hospital
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
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
Horror1
Humour6
Realism6
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Miguel M. Delgado
Written by
Miguel M. Delgado, Carlos León, Fernando Galiana
Starring
Cantinflas, Marta Romero, Miguel Ángel Álvarez, Prudencia Grifell, Wolf Ruvinskis, Guillermo Zetina, Tony Carbajal, Pepito Velázquez
Music
Raúl Lavista
Cinematography
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Runtime
113 min
Country
Mexico
Languages
Spanish

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