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Fly Away, Young Man!

1947 · 113 min

A gentle, silly comedy where a lovable slacker bumbles through romance and flight training, offering light laughs and warm charm.

Overview
Cantinflas is a private in the military, who doesn't know anything about discipline or following rules. He only wants to think about his girlfriend, the maid in an opulent hacienda. The owner of the hacienda has an ugly and shy daughter, who is in love with Cantinflas. The problems arrive when the family arranges a wedding between the ugly girl and Cantinflas, who in order to avoid the commitment gets himself arrested. During his punishment, Cantinflas learns to fly with a silly and poorly trained flight instructor.

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • love
  • class
  • family
  • identity
  • freedom
Places
  • military
  • countryside
  • home
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
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance4
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Miguel M. Delgado
Written by
Miguel M. Delgado
Starring
Cantinflas, Ángel Garasa, Daniel Herrera, Andrés Soler, Miroslava, Carolina Barret, Julio Villarreal, Maruja Grifell
Music
Gonzalo Curiel
Cinematography
Jack Draper
Runtime
113 min
Country
Mexico
Languages
Spanish

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