What if your local hero was just a guy in a silly hat?
Star of cowboy-movies returns to his home and locals expect him to be heroic like he is onscreen.
Acting
Garcés plays the cowardly star with delicious irony.
Writing
Script cleverly blurs actor, character, and audience.
Director
Miguel M. Delgado
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Mexico's Golden Age cinema satirizing Hollywood's grip on Latin American imaginations—Garcés was actually a huge star, making this deliciously self-aware.
Director Delgado frequently collaborated with Cantinflas; this film's physical comedy DNA shows that lineage clearly.
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