Le Chanteur de Mexico (1957)

Directed by

Richard Pottier

Genre

musical film

Country

France, Spain

Runtime

1h 43m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A singer travels from Mexico to Paris to pursue his career. He gets mixed up in romantic misunderstandings and performs songs from a popular operetta.

livelyromanticlightheartedwhimsicalcolorfulmusicalcheerfulold-fashioned

What happens

The Singer from Mexico (French: Le Chanteur de Mexico) is a French-Spanish musical film directed by Richard Pottier starring Luis Mariano and Bourvil, released in 1957. It was a screen version of Francis Lopez's operetta that premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet on 15 December 1951. It was in a tradition of operetta films that stretched back to the early sound era. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios and on location in Paris and Spain. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Sigfrido Burmann and Serge Piménoff. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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