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Si yo fuera diputado

1952 · 95 min

A warm, fast-talking comedy full of wordplay and slapstick, where a lovable underdog charms his way through legal and political scrapes.

Overview
Cantinflas is a unique barber, who trades with an elderly neighbor, a lawyer by profession, laws lessons in exchange for haircuts and shaved. It proposes advice to defend in court the disadvantaged neighborhood. His success deputy seeks the votes as the other candidate, Don Próculo, it is not accepted by anyone but his own bodyguards. Don Próculo will use know how much ruse to win the election by the Council, and also for the love of 'Sarita'

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How it feels

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • justice
  • class
  • politics
  • corruption
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Miguel M. Delgado
Written by
Carlos León
Starring
Cantinflas, Gloria Mange, Andrés Soler, Emperatriz Carvajal, Alejandro Ciangherotti, Ernesto Finance, Rafael Icardo, Eduardo Alcaraz
Music
Raúl Lavista
Cinematography
José Ortiz Ramos
Runtime
95 min
Country
Mexico
Languages
Spanish

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