The only thing harder than Mexican bureaucracy? Trying to quit it drunk.
A bureaucrat sees how little by little his world is disintegrating because of alcoholism. Based on a true story
Acting
Rafael Inclán walks the razor's edge of charm and ruin.
Writing
True-story basis makes the comedy cut deeper.
Director
Paco del Toro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title 'El chupes' derives from 'chupar' — to suck/drink — capturing that era's casual fatalism about alcoholism in Mexican working-class culture.
Paco del Toro shot this between his more famous horror work, explaining why even mundane office scenes carry creeping dread.
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