El Gran Calavera The Great Madcap |
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Directed by | Luis Buñuel |
Produced by | Óscar Dancigers, Fernando Soler |
Written by | Janet Alcoriza, Luis Alcoriza |
Music by | Manuel Esperón |
Cinematography | Ezequiel Carrasco |
Edited by | Carlos Savage |
Distributed by | Ultramar Films |
Release date
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25 November 1949 |
Country | Mexico |
Language | Spanish |
El Gran Calavera (The Great Madcap) is a 1949 Mexican comedy film directed by Luis Buñuel. Its original premise has been used for the 2013 Mexican film Nosotros los Nobles.
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.