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The Great Madcap
- Original title
- El Gran Calavera
- Year
- 1949
- Gender
- Comedy
- Director
- Luis Buñuel
- Country
- Mexico
- Details
- 92 minutes / black & white / sound
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Synopsis
Buñuel's first "comeback" film since "L'Age d'Or" in 1930 (he made only a few musicals in the interim), "El Gran Calavera" concerns a family's attempts to change the patriarch's somewhat indulgent and hedonistic ways by fooling him into thinking his large fortune is gone. They assume a life of poverty in Mexico in an attempt to teach him a lesson. However, he discovers it's a ruse, but continues to perpetuate the facade of ignorance while sneaking off during the day to conduct his thriving business. Why? To teach his family a lesson - they are all lazy, worthless leeches!
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