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El barrendero
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Wikipedia article
'El barrendero' (in English, 'The Street Sweeper') is a 1982 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas and Mara Sort.Amador & Ayala Blanco, p. 123 It has been cited as an example of a "Mexploitation" film.Rohrer, p. 40 It is Cantinflas's last film, ending a career that had lasted since 1936.
Plot
Napolen (Cantinflas) is a humble street sweeper who flirts with all the maids in the neighborhood where he works (all of whom call him affectionately "Don Napo"), of which Chipinita (Mara Sort) stands out. Napoleon ends up being the only witness to the theft of a valuable painting, and he is threatened by the thieves of the painting and also becomes a suspect.
Cast
*Cantinflas as Napolen "Don Napo"
*Mara Sort as Chipinita
*rsula Prats as Lupita
*Luz Elena Silva
*Eduardo Alcaraz as Don Chafas
*Federico Gonzlez as Supervisor Molina
*Antonio Zubiaga as Skinny Thief
*Luz Mara Rico as Rosita
*Sara Guasch as Blonde woman at party
*Jos Luis Avendao as Mendoza
*Roxana Chvez as Chabelita
*Alberto Catal as Basurita
*Alfredo Gutirrez as Police Deputy
*Adalberto Arvizu as Thief (as Alberto Arvizu)
*Mariela Flores
*Gerardo del Castillo as General Secretary
*Lina Michel as French Maid
*Evita Muoz "Chachita" as Pachita
*Julio Monterde as Party Guest (uncredited)
*Jos Njera as Father of abandoned baby (uncredited)
*Elvia Pedroza as Doa Chumina, porter (uncredited)
*Marcelo Villamil as Party Guest (uncredited)
References
Bibliography
*Amador, Mara Luisa; Ayala Blanco, Jorge. 'Cartelera cinematogrfica, 19801989'. UNAM, 2006.
*Rohrer, Seraina. 'La India Mara: Mexploitation and the Films of Mara Elena Velasco'. University of Texas Press, 2017.
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