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Storyline

The untold story of Mexico's greatest and most beloved comedy film star of all time, from his humble origins on the small stage to the bright lights of Hollywood.

Country: Mexico

Type: scripted

Status: Current

Language: Spanish

Release Date: September 18, 2014

Also Known As: Кантинфлас, カンティンフラスCantinflas: A Magia da Comédia, Cantinflas |  See more »

Genres

Plot Keywords

biography
romance
reference-to-the-academy-awards
reference-to-the-golden-globes
character-name-as-title
michael-todd-character
cantinflas-character
diego-rivera-character
gabriel-figueroa-character
lupita-tovar-character
miroslava-stern-character
marlon-brando-character
kirk-douglas-character
emilio-fernandez-character
maria-felix-character
tito-guizar-character
charlie-chaplin-character
marlene-dietrich-character
david-niven-character
frank-sinatra-character
yul-brynner-character
dolores-del-rio-character
elizabeth-taylor-character
character-repeats-someone-else's-dialogue
mexico
singer
subjective-camera
happiness
unhappiness
song
singing
missing-someone
palacio-de-bellas-artes-mexico-city
champagne
film-premiere
asociacion-nacional-de-actores
national-association-of-actors
posa-films
lightning
estudios-churubusco
corruption
year-1957
year-1993
year-1966
year-1958
actors-union
protest
demonstration
limousine
movie-theater
theatre-marquee
mexican-film-history
film-history
fired-from-a-job
variety-the-newspaper
dressing-room
reference-to-jules-verne
pride
theater
photograph
jealousy
kiss
sex
bullfighter
reference-to-douglas-fairbanks
reference-to-mary-pickford
united-artists
mexican-president
cantina
flash-camera
photographer
camera
labor-union
publicity
covered-in-mud
theater-production
talking-with-an-audience
sister-act
thrown-into-mud
thrown-out
suitcase
behind-the-scenes
backstage
animated-opening-credits
microphone
newsreel
betrayal
fight
apache-tribe
crawling-baby-wind-up-toy
film-director
screening-room
hand-kissing
eyeglasses
sitting-on-the-floor
airplane-ticket
philosophy
restaurant
cafe
reference-to-giuseppe-garibaldi
father-daughter-relationship
teatro-follier-bergere-mexico-city
mexican-politics
reference-to-ernest-hemingway
spotlight
russian
charrismo
music-box
undressing-someone
throwing-garbage-at-an-actor
uncle-nephew-relationship
bull
boxing
boxer
looking-at-oneself-in-a-mirror
mirror
reference-to-the-lumiere-brothers
reference-to-paramount-pictures
cigar-smoking
money
reference-to-william-shakespeare
fear
loneliness
tears
crying
unfaithfulness
adultery
extramarital-affair
drinking
drink
reference-to-james-dean
reference-to-charlton-heston
reference-to-deborah-kerr
reference-to-yul-brynner
apology
year-1945
year-1940
year-1941
year-1935
year-1933
los-angeles-california
promise
applause
dancing
dancer
umbrella
help-wanted-sign
press-conference
spanish
clown
improvisation
newsboy
newspaper
reference-to-god
rain
tent-show
voice-over-narration
mexican-filmmaking
filmmaking
mexican
actor
comedian
year-1955
year-1931
flash-forward
film-script
award-ceremony
matador
year-1956
blackface
montage
cigarette-smoking
movie-set
celebrity
what-happened-to-epilogue
scene-during-end-credits
friendship
infertility
newspaper-boy
bullfighting
punched-in-the-face
boxing-ring
infidelity
fame
tent
husband-wife-relationship
mexico-city
title-appears-in-writing
movie-star
movie-producer
movie-studio
hollywood-california
flashback
nonlinear-timeline
title-spoken-by-character

Company Credits

Production Co: Kenio Films

Awards

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Audience Award 2014

Nominee

Winner

Audience Award

Best Film

Best Latin American Picture 2014

Nominee

Best Latin American Picture

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