The Great Madcap (1949)
- Original title
- El gran calavera
- Directed by
- Luis Buñuel
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- Mexico
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 40 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A wealthy man is convinced by his family that he has lost all his money. He then goes along with the ruse to teach them a lesson about their wasteful habits.
lightheartedwhimsicalcomedicsatiricalplayfulcleverfamily-centricupbeat
What happens
El Gran Calavera (transl. The Great Madcap) is a 1949 Mexican comedy film directed by Luis Buñuel. The plot concerns a family patriarch who fakes losing all his wealth to end his family's self-indulgent ways. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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