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Wikipedia article
'El seor doctor' (aka 'Mr. Doctor') is a 1965 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas,Pinto Bustamante & Gmez Crdoba, p. 47Len Fras, p. 726 alongside Marta Romero and Miguel ngel lvarez.
This film is notorious due to its dramatic overtones, in contrast to the more picquaresque tint of Cantinflas' previous films.
Plot
Salvador Medina (Cantinflas) is a country doctor who, finding many different technological advances in the medical field, and the need to adapt to said new technologies, moves to Mexico City to become an intern in the Medical Center of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS).
Salvador immediately clashes with his superior and Head of Training at IMSS, Dr. Miguel Villanueva (Miguel ngel lvarez), while growing closer to Nurse Laura (Marta Romero) who, unbeknownst to him at first, is Dr. Villanueva's sister. In his medical activity at the hospital, Salvador serves various patients by raising their self-esteem and he is jokingly preferred to Dr. Kildare. In the case of an old lady patient (Prudencia Grifell) who feels very lonely and abandoned from her only relative, a grandson; as well as a patient who is almost completely bandaged (Ramn Valds), and another one who cannot even feed himself (Guillermo Bravo Sosa).
Salvador meets Beto (Pepito Velzquez), an eight-year-old patient who has a brain tumor, which has grown enough to disturb his visibility. Salvador is moved by Beto's case and provides special attention, even though the case is under the responsibility of another doctor friend of Salvador, Dr. Montero (Tony Carbajal) who is a pediatrician. Beto's parents are separated, and their personal differences affect Beto's mood.
Beto's father (Wolf Ruvinski) in particular is opposed to having his son operated, on the grounds that he does not want medical experiments to be done with the child's health, even when surgery is the only way to save him. However, when Beto's situation becomes critical (as demonstrated when he completely loses his sight), Salvador decides to perform surgery against the wishes of Beto's father, risking his medical career.
Ultimately, Salvador is successful and Beto is on the way to recovery and, in addition, a new hospital is inaugurated in Salvador's hometown, which will remain under his direction. Beto's parents reconcile and apologize to Salvador, who in turn receives the acceptance of Dr. Villanueva and his sister Laura, who officially becomes Salvador's girlfriend.
Cast
*Cantinflas as Salvador Medina
*Marta Romero as Laura Villanueva
*Miguel ngel lvarez as Dr. Miguel Villanueva
*Prudencia Grifell as Patient, Isidro Martnez's grandmother
*Wolf Ruvinski as Beto's Father
*Guillermo Zetina as Dr. Marn
*Tony Carbajal as Dr. Pablo Montero
*Pepito Velzquez as Beto
*Carlos Riquelme as Hospital Administrator
*Rosa Elena Durgel as Beto's Mother
*Alberto Catal as Ambidextrous Patient
*Consuelo Monteagudo as Mother-in-law of neurotic patient
*Jos Chvez as Isidro Martnez
*Paz Villegas as Flirty Old Lady Patient
*Ada Carrasco as Doa Lola
*Arturo Castro as Village Police Chief
*Guillermo Bravo Sosa as Malnourished Patient (uncredited)
*Margarita Delgado as Nurse (uncredited)
*Pedro Elviro as Patient with television (uncredited)
*Carmelita Gonzlez as Neurotic Patient (uncredited)
*Benny Ibarra as Beatnik in canteen (uncredited)
*Alejandro Surez as Beatnik in canteen (uncredited)
*Ramn Valds as Bandaged Patient (uncredited)
*Jorge Zamora as Man in canteen (uncredited)
*Alfonso Zayas as Beatnik in canteen (uncredited)
References
Bibliography
*Pinto Bustamante, Boris Julin; Gmez Crdoba, Ana Isabel. 'Cine, biotica y profesionalismo'. Editorial Universidad del Rosario, 2018.
*Len Fras, Isaac. 'Ms all de las lgrimas: Espacios habitables en el cine clsico de Mxico y Argentina'. Fondo Editorial Universidad de Lima, 2019.
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