A workers' strike, a dead commissioner, and somehow it's a COMEDY? Argentina, 1942 was WILD.
Direction
Torres Ríos blends slapstick with biting social commentary.
Writing
Somehow makes labor violence genuinely funny. Dark magic.
Director
Leopoldo Torres Ríos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the Infamous Decade, when Argentina's fraudulent democracy made political satire dangerous—and necessary.
Torres Ríos was a titan of early Argentine sound cinema; this was his 27th film in eleven years. The man did NOT rest.
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