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So Loved Our Fathers (1964)

So Loved Our Fathers poster
Original title
Así amaron nuestros padres
Directed by
Juan Bustillo Oro
Genre
comedy film, historical film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 45m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedic look at life and love in Mexico during the era of Porfirio Diaz. The story follows characters navigating social customs and romantic entanglements in a bygone time.

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What happens

So Loved Our Fathers (Spanish: Así amaron nuestros padres) is a 1964 Mexican historical comedy film directed by Juan Bustillo Oro and starring Fernando Soler, Ernestina Garfias and Joaquín Cordero. The film's sets were designed by the art director Manuel Fontanals. Shot in Eastmancolor, it is a remake of the 1939 film In the Times of Don Porfirio. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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