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Si yo fuera diputado

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1952 | 95 min | Comedy

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

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)