Underplayed Gems

El Chanfle 2 (1982)

El Chanfle 2 poster
Directed by
Chespirito
Genre
comedy film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 27m
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 57 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A humble prop player for a football team accidentally gets mixed up with diamond smugglers. He tries to get out of the situation with slapstick comedy and misunderstandings.

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What happens

El Chanfle 2, also known as El Chanfle II or El Chanfle Segundo, is a 1982 Mexican comedy film, produced, written, directed and starring Roberto Gómez Bolaños. It is the sequel to his previous film El Chanfle, starring the regular cast of Chespirito, with some absences, such as Carlos Villagrán, who previously decided not to work with Gómez Bolaños for personal reasons, leaving his two TV shows in 1979, El Chavo del Ocho and El Chapulín Colorado. Also absent from the film is Ramón Valdés who was managing health problems at the time. The plot revolves around a humble prop player from a football team who accidentally gets entangled in a diamond smuggling operation. The film was released on January 14, 1982. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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