El Chanfle
| El Chanfle | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Enrique Segoviano |
| Produced by | Fabián Arnaud |
| Written by | Roberto Gómez Bolaños |
| Starring |
Roberto Gómez Bolaños Florinda Meza Ramón Valdés Carlos Villagrán Edgar Vivar Rubén Aguirre María Antonieta de las Nieves Angelines Fernández Raúl 'Chato' Padilla |
| Music by | Ernesto Cortázar hijo |
| Cinematography | Fernando Colín |
| Edited by | Luis Sobreyra |
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Release date
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January 1979 |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
El Chanfle is a movie created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños, also known as Chespirito. It was filmed in Mexico in 1978. It is classified as a comedy movie.
El Chanfle (Roberto Gomez Bolaños) is a waterboy at Club América who helps the coach, Moncho Reyes (Ramón Valdés) during soccer games, by giving the players water and helping them with shoes and everything else they need during the game. Constantly he daydreams during the games, causing him to accidentally kick the coach during penalty shots.
He is married to Tere (Florinda Meza), a typical housewife, who's passionate about soccer, mainly because of Chanfle's job. Despite having been married for 10 years, they are not precisely in the best financial situation, to the point that they could not afford fixing an old sofa, which falls to the back when someone sits on it.
One day, Tere was talking to Chanfle about saving, and she said (talking about saving money): "You saw what I bought at the supermarket?". Then Tere showed Chanfle a pair of new shoes. So Chanfle said: "That isn't saving, that is spending!". After that Tere said: "Nope, it's saving, because I bought them in the supermarket and nobody charged me for them", making Chanfle realize that his wife took a pair of shoes without paying them, so he (as a recurring gag to show him as a straight up guy) rolled up two imaginary sleevs and returned to the store with Tere.
There, he paid 299 pesos, in order to pay for the shoes, to a nice cashier store clerk (Angelines Fernández), who told them that already their bosses had discounted that amount from her salary, therefore he did not have to pay for the shoes. Tere and Chanfle, who had been married for 10 years, never had children and they wanted to, since Tere was 28 years old and Chanfle was 35.
So, Chanfle's boss and president of the club, Mr. Matute (Rubén Aguirre) becomes aware of this after Chanfle asks him for a raise. Then, Mr. Matute told Dr. Nájera (Édgar Vivar), who was the physician at the soccer team, about Chanfle and Tere's predicament. After Tere and Chanfle talked with Dr. Nájera, the Doctor told them that he knew some people at a lab, so Chanfle and his wife went there for some lab tests. Incidentally, Dr. Nájera sat on the coach and, due to his overweight figure, he broke the floor making him fall down to Dr. Chapatin's apartment, some floors below.
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