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También de dolor se canta (1950)

También de dolor se canta poster
Original title
Tambien de dolor se canta
Directed by
René Cardona
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedic look inside the Mexican film industry of the 1950s. It follows a cast of characters, including famous cameos, as they navigate the less glamorous realities of movie making.

lightheartedwryplayfulsentimentalbittersweetobservationalwhimsical

What happens

También de dolor se canta (One also sings from pain) is a 1950 Mexican comedy film film directed by René Cardona and starring Pedro Infante,Guillermina Grin, Fannie Kauffman «Vitola» and Irma Dorantes. This film also features a number of cameo roles from Mexican actors famous at the time, including Germán Valdés «Tin-Tan», Pedro Vargas, Antonio Badú and Leticia Palma. Its also a parody of the film industry at the time, showing it's inner workings of cinema, but not always its nicer side. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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