Father and son are sober, responsible pillars of the community in their home-town... but they make frequent trips to the city.
Acting
Pardavé directs himself with perfect comic timing.
Direction
Pardavé's efficient 90-minute crowd-pleaser economy.
Writing
Wink-wink 1950s innuendo that somehow got past censors.
Director
Joaquín Pardavé
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pardavé was a rare triple threat as actor, director AND composer — he wrote the songs too.
This epitomizes 1950s Mexican 'cine de ranchera' transitioning to urban comedy, with Antonio Aguilar representing traditional rural masculinity while the plot undermines it completely.
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