A shy person is confused with a man that saved a woman from drowning, and he is seen as a hero.
Acting
Pepe Arias masters the art of sweating through every heroic lie.
Direction
Bayón Herrera's precise Argentine screwball timing rivals Hollywood's best.
Director
Luis Bayón Herrera
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pepe Arias was Argentina's biggest radio star before transitioning to film—this role plays on his established 'everyman' persona.
The drowning rescue that never happened mirrors Argentina's post-war obsession with manufactured national heroes.
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