The film tells an episode of the life of a kindly hearted bootblack who becomes accidentally the tutor of an orphan but nevertheless spends all his time and effort for the sake of the boy.
Acting
Cantinflas at peak vulnerable-clown energy, genuinely touching.
Cinematography
Acapulco locations that'll make you book a 1950s time machine.
Writing
Wordplay so dense it needs subtitles for the subtitles.
Director
Miguel M. Delgado
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Cantinflas's first color film, and he reportedly hated the makeup required for Technicolor so much he delayed future color projects for years.
The 'bolero' title references both the dance Raquel performs and the slow-burn heartbreak genre—Cantinflas's character lives inside a song about loving someone who doesn't love you back.
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