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'Conserje en condominio' (in English: "Concierge in an Apartment Building") is a 1974 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas, Claudia Islas and Raquel Olmedo.Garca Riera, p. 203

Plot



After reading an ad in a newspaper, rsulo (Cantinflas) takes a job as a concierge of a luxurious apartment building inhabited by eccentric people who all turn to him to solve their various problems. But when someone in the building kidnaps an important person, rsulo must become an investigator and find the kidnapped and the kidnappers.

Cast



*Cantinflas as rsulo

*Claudia Islas as Jackie

*Raquel Olmedo as Clodomira

*Chucho Salinas as Lic. Silverio Rojas "Rojitas" (as Jesus Salinas)

*Carlos Riquelme as Administrador Gonzlez

*Bertha Moss as Seora Candy

*Eugenia Avendao as Seora Margo

*Ricardo Carrin as Danny

*Gloria Mayo as Lisa

*Eduardo Alcaraz as Lic. Rufino

*Gladys Vivas as Ad Director

*Diana Torres as Domitila

*Mitzuko Miguel as Seorita Erica

*Gerardo del Castillo as Melesio Martnez (as Gerardo del Castillo Jr.)

*Carlos Cmara as Jorge

*Carlos Nieto as Police Chief

*Irene Moreno as Nancy

*Carlos Len as Commander

*Mara Fernanda Ampudia as Blonde spiritualist

*Jacobo Zabludovsky as Reporter

*Guillermo Bravo Sosa as Spiritualist (uncredited)

*Alfonso Carti as Policeman (uncredited)

*Jorge Casanova as Neighbour (uncredited)

*Lilia Castillo as Candy's Maid (uncredited)

*Velia Lupercio as Train Passenger (uncredited)

*Rubn Mrquez as Spiritualist (uncredited)

*Mariana Ponzanelli (uncredited)

*Paco Saudo (uncredited)

Reception



The presence of hippies in the film and Cantinflas's character clashing with them was seen by Professor Jeffrey M. Pilcher in 'Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity' as "part of a struggle to represent Mexico's national identity," with Cantinflas's character representing the "'pelado' from the 1930s." Pilcher noted, however, that "although Cantinflas triumphed over the hippies on screen, many young people considered him a 'momiza' (square)."Pilcher. p. 202 Both Carlos Monsivis in 'Los dolos a nado' and Joanne Hershfield and David R. Maciel in 'Mexico's Cinema: A Century of Film and Filmmakers' considered it among Cantinflas's most "sad and pathetic" films, alongside 'El ministro y yo' (1976).Monsivis, p. 101Hershfield & Maciel, p. 64

References



Bibliography



*Garca Riera, Emilio. 'Historia documental del cine mexicano: 19721973'. Universidad de Guadalajara, 1992.

*Pilcher, Jeffrey M. 'Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity'. Rowman & Littlefield, 2001.

*Monsivis, Carlos. 'Los dolos a nado: Una antologa global'. Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Espaa, 2011.

*Hershfield, Joanne; Maciel, David R. 'Mexico's Cinema: A Century of Film and Filmmakers'. Rowman & Littlefield, 1999.


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