Waiting for the Hearse
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Spanish language theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Alejandro Doria |
| Produced by |
Diana Frey Alejandro Doria |
| Screenplay by | Alejandro Doria Jacobo Langsner |
| Based on |
Esperando la carroza by Jacobo Langsner |
| Starring |
Luis Brandoni China Zorrilla Antonio Gasalla Mónica Villa Betiana Blum Juan Manuel Tenuta |
| Music by | Feliciano Brunelli |
| Cinematography | Juan Carlos Lenardi |
| Edited by | Silvia Ripoll |
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Production
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Rosafrey
Susy Suranyi y Asociados |
| Distributed by | Primer Plano Film Group (2012, Argentina - digitally restored version) |
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Release date
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Running time
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85 minutes |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
Waiting for the Hearse (Esperando la carroza in Spanish) is a 1985 Argentine comedy film directed by Alejandro Doria. It is considered a cult film. It opened on 6 May 1985.
The story belongs to the criollo grotesque (costumbrismo) genre or black comedy. It's based on the play of the same name by Jacobo Langsner, premiered by the Comedia Nacional company in 1962. The film adaptation starred some great local stars from the theater world like Antonio Gasalla, China Zorrilla, Luis Brandoni and Betiana Blum. In the River Plate culture, it's considered to be a classic and its reruns on TV still draw large audiences. On April 2, 2009, 23 years after the original film's release, a sequel, Waiting for the Hearse 2, was released.
The film was an adaptation of the play Esperando la carroza (Waiting for the Hearse) by Romanian-Uruguayan Jacobo Langsner and its TV adaptation, broadcast as a part of a show called Alta Comedia by Channel 9 of Buenos Aires during the 1970s, starred China Zorrilla who would go on to play the main role on the big screen adaptation later on, Pepe Soriano, Raúl Rossi, Dora Baret, Alberto Argibay, Lita Soriano, Alicia Berdaxagar, Marta Gam and the special appearance of the Austrian actress and acting teacher Hedy Crilla (1898–1984) as Mamá Cora.
Author and director Alejandro Doria rewrote the script for it to include more lines for the Mamá Cora character, which had very few in both previous versions, among other modifications.
Musicardi's octogenarian widow, Ana María de los Dolores Buscaroli, called Mamá Cora by everybody (Antonio Gasalla), has four children: Antonio (Luis Brandoni), Sergio (Juan Manuel Tenuta), Emilia (Lidia Catalano) and Jorge Musicardi (Julio De Grazia) with whom she lives and goes through financial troubles. This situation, plus lack of space and constant generational conflicts, makes Susana (Jorge's wife) ask desperately for the siblings-in-law to take their mother with any of them for a while.
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