Moon over Parador (1988)

Original title

Moon Over Parador

Directed by

Paul Mazursky

Genre

romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 88 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A struggling actor is hired to impersonate a dictator who just died. He struggles to keep up the charade while dealing with political intrigue and a romantic interest.

lightheartedwhimsicalgentle humorplayfuleasygoingcomedicslightly farcicalwarm

What happens

Moon over Parador is a 1988 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by Paul Mazursky, who co-wrote the screenplay with Leon Capetanos. The film is based on the short story "Caviar for His Excellency" by Charles G. Booth and is a loose remake of the 1939 film The Magnificent Fraud. It stars Richard Dreyfuss as a little-known actor hired to impersonate a deceased Latin American dictator, with Raul Julia and Sônia Braga in supporting roles. The film had its world premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival on September 4, 1988, and was theatrically released in the United States on September 9, 1988, by Universal Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, despite praise for the performances of the cast. For their performances, Julia and Braga earned Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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