
Si yo fuera diputado
Seen it?1952 | 95 min | Comedy
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh. If you loved Adam's Rib, start here.
- The mood
- Light and funny.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 35 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Spanish, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1952: an older pace and style.
Cantinflas is a unique barber, who trades with an elderly neighbor, a lawyer by profession, laws lessons in exchange for haircuts and shaved. It proposes advice to defend in court the disadvantaged neighborhood. His success deputy seeks the votes as the other candidate, Don Próculo, it is not accepted by anyone but his own bodyguards. Don Próculo will use know how much ruse to win the election by the Council, and also for the love of 'Sarita'
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 1K people sought it out in the past year, and interest is climbing
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Cast & crew
Directed by Miguel M. Delgado
- CantinflasCantinflas
- Gloria MangeSarita
- Andrés SolerTío Juan
- Emperatriz CarvajalLucía
- Alejandro CiangherottiJuliano Fraschetti
- Ernesto FinanceDon Proculo L. de Guevara
- Rafael IcardoDon Melquiades
- Eduardo AlcarazDoctor
- Armando VelascoAgente ministerio público
- Edmundo Espino(uncredited)