A dead hacendado, a house full of greedy vultures, and the Mexican Revolution crashing the funeral.
Villistas, army officers, heirs and heiresses all gather at the home of a recently deceased hacendado. Everybody has an agenda, everybody butts heads in comical ways. Or not so much.
Acting
Héctor Suárez's sargento steals every scene with perfect comedic timing.
Production
Period detail on a budget — hacienda life meets revolutionary chaos.
Director
Raúl de Anda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Mexico's comedic-rural genre peak, this film satirizes Revolutionary heroes turned bureaucratic opportunists — a sharp commentary for 1969.
Director Raúl de Anda cast his own son Rodolfo as the lead; the de Anda family dominated Mexican action cinema for decades.
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