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Esperando la carroza

  • 1985
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
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Betiana Blum, Luis Brandoni, Julio De Grazia, Antonio Gasalla, Andrea Tenuta, Juan Manuel Tenuta, Mónica Villa, and China Zorrilla in Esperando la carroza (1985)
Dark ComedySatireComedy

Each member of this family tries to endorse someone else to care for the old Mother.Each member of this family tries to endorse someone else to care for the old Mother.Each member of this family tries to endorse someone else to care for the old Mother.

  • Director
    • Alejandro Doria
  • Writers
    • Alejandro Doria
    • Jacobo Langsner
  • Stars
    • Luis Brandoni
    • China Zorrilla
    • Antonio Gasalla
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Alejandro Doria
    • Writers
      • Alejandro Doria
      • Jacobo Langsner
    • Stars
      • Luis Brandoni
      • China Zorrilla
      • Antonio Gasalla
    • 22User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Luis Brandoni
    Luis Brandoni
    • Antonio Musicardi
    China Zorrilla
    China Zorrilla
    • Elvira Romero de Musicardi
    Antonio Gasalla
    Antonio Gasalla
    • Mamá Cora
    Julio De Grazia
    Julio De Grazia
    • Jorge Musicardi
    Betiana Blum
    Betiana Blum
    • Nora de Musicardi
    Mónica Villa
    Mónica Villa
    • Susana de Musicardi
    Juan Manuel Tenuta
    Juan Manuel Tenuta
    • Sergio Musicardi
    Andrea Tenuta
    Andrea Tenuta
    • Matilde Musicardi
    Cecilia Rossetto
    Cecilia Rossetto
    • Dominga
    Enrique Pinti
    Enrique Pinti
    • Felipe
    Darío Grandinetti
    Darío Grandinetti
    • Cacho
    Lidia Catalano
    Lidia Catalano
    • Emilia Musicardi
    Clotilde Borella
    • Doña Elisa
    Juan Acosta
    • Peralta
    Angelita Pardo
    • Rosaura
    Pina Criscuolo
    • Doña Gertrudis
    Mónica Alessandría
    • Pocha
    Rafael Rodríguez
    • Funcionario morgue
    • Director
      • Alejandro Doria
    • Writers
      • Alejandro Doria
      • Jacobo Langsner
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    User reviews22

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    9martinianoberwinturchin

    An excellent and beautiful masterpiece

    To watch this film is to open your mind to an extreme point of laugh. Excellent performances and a beautiful art direction, this film becomes in Argentina's greatest comedy ever.
    natachapoggio

    You will never laugh so much

    If you want to know about people behavior in Buenos Aires, specially from middle class, with lots of acid critics to the society and its traditions, this is the best movie to watch. Here you'll find amazing actors in a really funny story and if you pay attention beyond the details you can recognize many things that argentineans inherit from their close ancestors: italians and spanish immigrants as well.
    10gosti82

    the best film I have ever seen

    This movie is extremely interesting. It shows the reality of a typical Argentinian family (In the 80s, but more or less the same story is happening nowadays). Basically the movie is about an *ancient* lady who is almost left alone by her own family, because as she is old and annoying nobody want to live with her. So every member of the family tries to avoid the idea of having *mommy* at home, but when they find out that she got lost, they start to seem worried. You should see this film if you enjoy sarcastic comments, funny dialogs and lovely characters. Every actor/actress in this movie is a real good one.
    10erzebethina

    One of the funniest comedies I ever saw

    I watch a lot of movies, but this one is exceptional. First of all, it's a comedy, and a hilarious one; it's dark and twisted and each character is perfectly and utterly designedm from the leadings to the supporting roles. It also has great performances, the cast is something like an Altman or Woody Allen movie in which you can find the most famous actors doing a small but superb appearance. It reveals all the human misery in its neuroses, the egotistic, the addicted, the superficial, the martyr, the stupid, the fascist, etc. But it does so in an incredibly funny (plainly funny) and sarcastic way.

    Major!
    10vngf

    The funniest movie I have ever seen!!!

    This movie is an Argentinean masterpiece. There is not a single moment when I don't find myself laughing. Every single actor, including the ones in supporting roles, are beyond excellent. The movie was just re-released for its twentieth anniversary and it is a must for any collector of comedy. This is comedy at its best. The character of Mama Cora, played by Antonio Gasalla is the most convincing portrayal of an elderly woman I have ever seen. His mannerisms, gait, etc. are superb. Although this story portrays an Argentinean family dealing with the dilemma of taking care of an elderly mother, this is a story that could happen to any family in any place in the world. Enrique Pinti has a minor role as Felipe, the family drunk, that is beyond belief. I highly recommend this great film.

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    • Trivia
      All the houses that appear in the film are very close to each other in the same Buenos Aires neighborhood, Versalles. The main house (Elvira and Sergio's) became too old with the years. It was about to face demolition but the city's government decided to mark it as a cultural landmark and it was totally repaired. Now, it is a site of pilgrimage for thousands of fans who visit it all year round to take pictures and tour around the neighborhood. The house is inhabited by the same family who owned it at the time of the filming. They even have a female dog as pet named after one of the characters in the movie: "Matilde" (the young daughter of Elvira and Sergio).
    • Quotes

      Antonio: [in the car, eating an empanada he picked up from some very poor relative's house] What misery! What misery! Do you know what did they have for lunch?

      Sergio: [looking at the empanada Antonio is eating] Empanadas.

      Antonio: Three of them. It broke my heart! Three leftover empanadas from last night's dinner for two people! God, how little you can do to help people!

    • Connections
      Featured in AM - Antes del mediodía: Episode dated 24 October 2012 (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      Barrilito de Cerveza
      ("Skoda lásky")

      Written by Jaromir Vejvoda with Wladimir A. Timm and Lew Brown

      Performed by Feliciano Brunelli y orquesta

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    • Release date
      • June 6, 1985 (Argentina)
    • Country of origin
      • Argentina
    • Language
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Waiting for the Hearse
    • Filming locations
      • Versalles, Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina(Plaza Ciudad de Banff)
    • Production companies
      • Rosafrey
      • Susy Suranyi y Asociados
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $596,550
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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