A revolutionary hero storms town, claims his 'prize' bride, then discovers... performance anxiety. Mexican cinema gets weird.
Agapito, leader of the revolutionary movement of his state, comes to a town, kills all the federales, and gets a girl who was promised to him for his heroic deeds.
Acting
Manuel López Ochoa's sweaty, desperate revolutionary clowning.
Writing
Play adaptation keeps stagey absurdity brutally intact.
Director
Jorge Fons
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of 1970s Mexico's 'cine de ficheras' wave—ribald comedies that somehow got prestige directors like Fons involved.
Based on a play by Humberto Robles; the stage version reportedly even more grotesque.
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