A broke man's thrift store find turns him into Argentina's most generous phantom millionaire.
The needy Pedro Céspedes finds a coat that implies for those who wear it a mysterious prodigality of money and jewelry.
Acting
Tito Lusiardo's physical comedy as a man drowning in his own lies.
Writing
Sharp dialogue mocking nouveau riche pretensions.
Costume
That coat — the real star, more character than garment.
Director
Leopoldo Torres Ríos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1939 Argentine comedy captures a society on the brink — released months before WWII, its obsession with surface wealth mirrors a nation avoiding larger collapses.
Director Leopoldo Torres Ríos shot this in three weeks on borrowed sets from a failing studio, yet it became his most enduring hit.
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