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Director
  
Luis Bunuel

Running time
  
1h 32m

Genres
  
Comedy, Drama, Satire

Country
  
Mexico

7.4/10
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Music director
  
Manuel Esperon

Language
  

Writer
  
Janet Alcoriza
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Release date
  
25 November 1949

Cast
  
(Ramiro de la Mata), (Virginia de la Mata), (Ladislao de la Mata), (Pablo), (Eduardo de la Mata)

Similar movies
  
Directed by Luis Bunuel, Movies about Mexico, Comedies

El Gran Calavera (The Great Madcap) is a 1949 Mexican comedy film directed by Luis Buñuel. Its original premise was reused for the 2013 Mexican film Nosotros los Nobles.

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Plot

Everyone takes advantage of Ramiro de la Mata (Fernando Soler), a funny drunkard and rich widower. His daughter Virginia (Rosario Granados), and his son Eduardo (Gustavo Rojo), as well as his lazy brother Ladislao (Andrés Soler), and his sister in law Milagros (Maruja Grifell), all do nothing while living at Ramiro's expense. Gregorio (Francisco Jambrina), his other brother tries to help him by making everyone believe that Ramiro is financially ruined, forcing the family to look for jobs of their own.

Cast

  • Fernando Soler ... Ramiro de la Mata
  • Rosario Granados ... Virginia
  • Andrés Soler ... Ladislao de la Mata
  • Rubén Rojo ... Pablo
  • Gustavo Rojo ... Eduardo de la Mata
  • Maruja Grifell ... Milagros
  • Francisco Jambrina ... Gregorio
  • Luis Alcoriza ... Alfredo
  • Antonio Bravo ... Alfonso
  • Antonio Monsell ... Juan, the butler
  • María Luisa Serrano ... Alfredo's mother
  • References

    The Great Madcap Wikipedia
    The Great Madcap IMDb The Great Madcap themoviedb.org


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