Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

La cigüeña distraída (1966)

La cigüeña distraída poster
Directed by
Emilio Gómez Muriel
Genre
comedy film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
B
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A stork gets distracted and fails to deliver a baby correctly. Two bumbling friends try to sort out the resulting mess.

lightheartedplayfulwhimsicalcomedicfamily-orientedgentleeasygoingnostalgicbreezy

What happens

La cigüeña distraída (English: The Distracted Stork) is a 1966 Mexican comedy film produced by Mario A. Zacarías, written by Roberto Gómez Bolaños, directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel and starring Viruta and Capulina, Alma Delia Fuentes, María Duval, Emily Cranz, Rosa María Vázquez and Fannie Kauffman «Vitola», with the special participation of Antonio Henaine (as Capulina Jr.) and Francisco Navarrete (as Viruta Jr.). This film is the first part of a trilogy of family and child films, including Un par de roba chicos (1967) and El nano (1971). This is the only film in which Duval does not sing music themes on scene. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?