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Los millones de Chaflán (1938)

Los millones de Chaflán poster
Directed by
Rolando Aguilar
Genre
comedy film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 37m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A naive country family sells their land to some Americans who find oil on it. They travel with a dishonest friend to Mexico City to spend the money on flashy parties.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulbriskbroadly comicnaivecarnivalesque

What happens

Los millones de Chaflán es una película mexicana, dirigida por Roberto Aguilar (o Rolando Aguilar, según otras fuentes) en 1938. Se filmó en el pueblo de San Antonio Tecómitl, de la Delegación Milpa Alta, Ciudad de México El argumento gira en torno a una familia de ingenuos campesinos que obtiene dinero de la venta de unas tierras en donde, supuestamente, unos gringos descubren petróleo. La familia viaja con su deshonesto compadre a la capital mexicana a invertirlo, organizando ostentosas fiestas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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