Buddy comedy: Bro A poses as Bro B's blind brother to help him collect an inheritance.
Acting
Vicente Fernández commits fully to fake-blind physical comedy.
Production
Glorious 1977 Mexico City locations captured on shoestring budget.
Director
Federico Curiel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vicente Fernández was already Mexico's biggest ranchera singer; this was his rare full comedy lead, not a musical.
The film belongs to the 'comedia ranchera' tradition where rural masculinity gets urbanized and mocked — Fernández's character loses dignity but keeps his hat.
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