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Mr. Photographer

1953 · 100 min

A breezy, silly caper that coasts on comic patter and mistaken identity, more playful than suspenseful, easy to enjoy without much effort.

Directed by
Miguel M. Delgado
Genres
Comedy, Thriller
Starring
Cantinflas, Rosita Arenas, Ángel Garasa
Overview
Cantinflas, a traveling photographer, is captured by some gangsters while trying to get some flowers for his girlfriend. The gangsters have confused him with the assistant of Dr. Penongo, a scientist who has discovered the formula of a new atomic bomb. Meanwhile, Penongo has suffered a car accident and has lost his memory ...

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Directed by
Miguel M. Delgado
Genres
Comedy, Thriller
Starring
Cantinflas, Rosita Arenas, Ángel Garasa
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 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
  • deception
  • identity
  • crime
  • madness
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour7
Realism5
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, thriller
Directed by
Miguel M. Delgado
Written by
Miguel M. Delgado
Starring
Cantinflas, Rosita Arenas, Ángel Garasa, Rebeca Iturbide, Fernando Wagner, Julio Villarreal, Wolf Ruvinskis, José Pidal
Music
Raúl Lavista
Cinematography
Gabriel Figueroa
Runtime
100 min
Country
Mexico
Languages
Spanish

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