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Huapango (1938)

Huapango poster
Directed by
Juan Bustillo Oro
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman gets caught between two men in a small Veracruz town. The story is told through music and comedy during local festivities.

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What happens

Huapango is a 1938 Mexican musical comedy film directed by Juan Bustillo Oro and starring Gloria Morel, Enrique Herrera and Antonio R. Frausto. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ramón Rodríguez Granada. Location shooting took place around Tlacotalpan and elsewhere in the state of Veracruz. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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