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The Great Madcap) is a 1949 Mexican comedy film directed by Luis Buñuel. The plot concerns a family patriarch who fakes losing all his wealth to end his family's self-indulgent ways.
The Great Madcap: Directed by Luis Buñuel. With Fernando Soler, Rosario Granados, Andrés Soler, Rubén Rojo. A father decides to teach their bratty kids a lesson about the value of money.
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- Comedy
- Luis Buñuel
- 1949-11-25
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- 1949
- 2
- Luis Buñuel
Buñuel's first "comeback" film since "L'Age d'Or" in 1930 (he made only a few musicals in the interim), "El Gran Calavera" concerns a family's attempts to change the patriarch's somewhat indulgent and hedonistic ways by fooling him into thinking his large fortune is gone.
The Great Madcap ★★ 1949A wealthy man believes in lavishly indulging himself which drives his excessively conservative family crazy. Bunuel satirizes behavioral extremes, Christianity, advertising, sex, and a number of other popular absurdities.
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Portrayal of a family’s attempt to change the spending habit of the indulgent and hedonistic patriarch, Alfredo. The family decides to try to fool him into spending less by telling him that his large fortune is gone. Luis Buñuel. Director. Janet Alcoriza.
