The Great Madcap
1949 Mexican film
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| Spanish | El Gran Calavera |
| Directed by | Luis Buñuel |
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| Cinematography | Ezequiel Carrasco |
| Edited by | Carlos Savage |
| Music by | Manuel Esperón |
| Distributed by | Ultramar Films |
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Running time | 91 minutes[1] |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
El Gran Calavera (transl. The Great Madcap) is a 1949 Mexican comedy film directed by Luis Buñuel. The plot concerns a family patriarch who fakes losing all his wealth to end his family's self-indulgent ways.
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 as Ramiro de la Mata
- Rosario Granados as Virginia
- Andrés Soler as Ladislao de la Mata
- Rubén Rojo as Pablo
- Gustavo Rojo as Eduardo de la Mata
- Maruja Grifell as Milagros
- Francisco Jambrina as Gregorio
- Luis Alcoriza as Alfredo
- Antonio Bravo as Alfonso
- Antonio Monsell as Juan, the butler
- María Luisa Serrano as Alfredo's mother
Release
The Great Madcap was screened at the Luis Buñuel Film Institute on 22 July 2015.[2]
See also
- Nosotros los Nobles, a 2013 Mexican film that reuses the plot.
References
- ^ "The Great Madcap". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Last Remaining Seats: El Gran Calavera". Time Out. 22 July 2015.
External links
- The Great Madcap at IMDb
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- L'Age d'Or (1930)
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- Daughter of Deceit (1951)
- Mexican Bus Ride (1952)
- A Woman Without Love (1952)
- El Bruto (1953)
- Él (1953)
- Illusion Travels by Streetcar (1954)
- Wuthering Heights (1954)
- Robinson Crusoe (1954)
- The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)
- The River and Death (1955)
- Cela s'appelle l'aurore (1956)
- Death in the Garden (1956)
- Nazarín (1959)
- La Fièvre Monte à El Pao (1959)
- The Young One (1960)
- Viridiana (1961)
- The Exterminating Angel (1962)
- Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
- Simon of the Desert (1965)
- Belle de Jour (1967)
- The Milky Way (1969)
- Tristana (1970)
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
- The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
- That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
- Little Ashes (2008 film)
- Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles (2018 film)
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