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El bolero de Raquel (1957)

El bolero de Raquel poster
Directed by
Miguel M. Delgado
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 41m
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 98 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A comedic drama following a man who works as a shoeshiner in Mexico. He gets involved with a woman and a young boy, leading to a series of amusing situations.

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What happens

El bolero de Raquel (aka Raquel's Shoeshiner) is a 1957 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Mario Moreno «Cantinflas», Manola Saavedra, Flor Silvestre, and child actor Paquito Fernández. The film's art direction was by Gunther Gerszo. This is Cantinflas' first color film (it filmed in Eastmancolor, also considered as Mexico's Technicolor). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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