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Not the comedy you might expect
tom_culwell21 November 2006
Although this was marketed as a Cantinflas movie, he appears in only 5 short scenes and does not play the comedian we know and love. The film stars Carlos Orellana, who finds out he is going to die soon, so he lives like there is no tomorrow. He drops lots of money on fine wines, stands up to his wife, and settles problems all around him. The storyline and acting are dime-a-dozen. The box says it lasts 104 minutes, but it's only 88, and I was glad to see it end there.

There are no subtitles, it's only in Spanish. Most of the actors speak with a Castillian/Spain accent (it takes place in Spain). If you are a true Cantinflas fan, you might need to see this just to check it off your list. If you're looking for a good comedy, this is not it. "El Sube y Baja," "Por Mis Pistolas," and "El Padrecito" are all good Cantinflas titles that you should see.
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Fortune, Misfortune, and the quest for joy.
diazart18 April 2003
Warning: Spoilers
*spoilers, maybe* though quite probably you won't be able to see this one soon...

A smallish, somewhat subdued man, Don Boni, is diagnosed with a heart sickness (though he rather looks like he is dying from tuberculosis) and decides to give his life a new spin, freeing himself from his wife's clutch, exposing a fraud, helping a pair of poor down-on-their-luck hoods (by picking up their bar tab and paying their train fare); getting the payment for a construction workers union; fixes a bar fight; gets very very drunk; buys a lottery ticket; and wakes up the next day with a hangover, and the surprise that he won the lottery and that his doctor has been jailed for fraud.

Look carefully for Cantinflas, still a character in the making. Well, not too carefully, but still, he is not yet the Cantinflas the Mexican audiences got to know later on. Also, check Sara Garcia, legendary Grandma-of-all in her role as Don Boni's wife.
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