Underplayed Gems

Nueva Chistelandia (1958)

Nueva Chistelandia poster
Directed by
Manuel Barbachano Ponce
Genre
comedy film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 27m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This is a Mexican comedy film from 1958 that collects a series of skits and jokes originally shown in movie newsreels. Different characters appear in quick, unrelated comic scenes. The sketches do not have a continuous story.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulnostalgicsimpleanecdotalcomedic

What happens

La Nueva Chistelandia es la conclusión de la serie "Chistelandia" de 1958. Aunque se la considera el cierre de la serie, no guarda continuidad con ninguna de las películas anteriores salvo en la presentación de los personajes. Es una película mexicana de 1958 dirigida por Manuel Barbachano Ponce. Se trata de una recopilación de la sección de chistes que se proyectaba en los noticieros cinematográficos de la década de 1950 durante los intervalos de la programación y avances. Su atractivo radica en que toda la película se basa en diferentes sketches presentando a diferentes personajes como: Flecos Bill Perla Jones Don Humberto Cahuich Cuco Pelucho Don Silvio Pinole (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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