Category: Comedy
Adorables Mentiras
Enchanting, playful, and outrageous, this film presents two unsuccessful people who each adopt fictional personae in order to escape the doldrums of their daily lives. It is a web of adorable little lies told to brighten their otherwise gray existence creating a complicated and ambivalent love story.
Comedy, CubaAuto Da Compadecida, O
The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small Northeast Brazil town. But when they die, they have to be judged by Christ, the Devil and the Virgin Mary, before they are admitted to paradise.
Brazil, ComedyBolivar Soy Yo
The actor, Santiago Miranda, abandons the set of a soap opera that he thinks fails to illustrate the real vision and dream of Bolívar. Miranda is determined to finish Bolívar's dream of creating the Great Colombia. Wrapped in his own delirium, he kidnaps the President of Colombia and tries to start a revolution. However, Miranda's beloved, Manuelita Saenz, intervenes in his dreams.
Biography, Colombia, Comedy, HistoryBow Wow
This creative film is shot from the perspective of a German shepherd on the streets of Havana. It is a comic portrayal of the idiosyncrasies, foibles, and hypocrisy of the human species, as seen from the obviously superior point of view of a dog. Interspersed interviews highlight people's strange and excessive behavior toward their pets.
Comedy, CubaBye Bye Brasil / Bye Bye Brazil
A small-time traveling sideshow plays over 9,000 miles of backcountry Brazil, a mixture of primitivism and progress. One of the most original and entertaining films of recent years, it is an exotic, entertaining, exuberant, and often very moving film by Carlos Diegues.
Brazil, Classic, ComedyChacotero Sentimental, El
This film centers around a young and eccentric radio show host who has a successful program on the air. His anonymous callers tell their stories of love, entanglements, misunderstandings and passionate affairs.
Chile, Comedy, DramaGallo De Oro, El
Based on a story by Juan Rulfo. A poor man is given a near-dead fighting cock and he nurses him back to life. While this brings him life, he finds that when he forgets his roots and he soon runs out of luck.
Classic, Comedy, Drama, History, Mexico, Social Movements/ResistanceGuantanamera
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea's last film before his death, Guantanamera is a romantic, fluid road-trip movie set in contemporary Cuba amid economic crisis and crumbling infrastructure. In a tribute to the resilient spirit of Cubans in trying circumstances, and a sly critique of the regime, Alea masterfully weaves in tributes to Death of a Bureaucrat and other works.
Comedy, Cuba, Drama, Social IssuesHistory Of A Committed Cinema
This is a short fast-paced film displaying the work of the Nicaraguan Film Institute, INCINE, which is a part of the Sandinistan government in Nicaragua. It outlines the difficult technical, cinematic and political tasks confronting INCINE as it strives to build a native film industry.
Cinema/Theater, Comedy, Country/Region, Nicaragua, SubjectImperio De La Fortuna, El
Based on a short story El Gallo de Oro by Juan Rulfo, this film tells the story of Dionosio Pinzon, a Mexican peasant living with his mother. Born with a deformed hand, and living a very meager life, Dionosio's luck turns around when he is given a losing gamecock which he nurses back to health. He trains the bird for fighting, begins to make money, and begins a relationship with a gold-digging singer. As he makes money, though, he begins to become more and more corrupt--and it becomes apparent that his winning streak will not last. Remake of the 1964 film El Gallo de Oro.
Comedy, Drama, History, MexicoLey De Herodes, La (Herods Law)
La Ley de Herodes is a hilarious, outrageous satire set in a tiny Mexican town in 1949. Damián Alcázar stars as Juan Vargas, a junkyard operator is recruited as a temporary mayor following the demise of the latest corrupt town leader. At first, Vargas is the ideal politician: he’s honest, desperate and not terribly ambitious – or so it seems. But eventually, Vargas gives in to overwhelming temptation, bribery, and even violence in this brilliant, tongue-in-cheek story about government treachery.
Comedy, Drama, History, Mexico, Politics/Human Rights, Social IssuesLista De Espera
A diverse group of Cubans finds itself stuck at a remote bus station. Their shared situation brings them together such that they transform the bus station into a kind of socialist utopia, and when they can finally leave, they don’t want to.
Comedy, Cuba, Social Issues, Social Life and CustomsMa Femme Et Le Voisin / My Wife and The Neighbor
A playful comedy about infidelity and jealously set among members of the urban middle class. Gerard is a young attractive gynecologist who takes advantage of his profession to seduce the women of the neighborhood. His escapades set off a tragic chain of events as one woman's husband confronts the possibility that his wife has been unfaithful.
Comedy, Gender/Sexuality, HaitiMan Who Copied, The
omance and intrigue await a poor copy machine operator who learns that counterfeiting and murder are a lethal combination in this enthralling Brazilian thriller that blends good-humored romanticism, poignant social observations and exciting criminal action. Fresh from his success in the acclaimed hit Madame Sat, handsome Lzaro Ramos stars as 20 year-old Andre, a dreamer whose days consist of working at a copying store while at night he draws comic book fantasies and spies on Silvia (Leandra Leal), the beautiful clothing store salesgirl who lives across the street. After he summons enough courage to meet her, their lives take an unpredictable turn when the lure of cash proves to be too great a temptation. In combining magical realism and comedy, director Jorge Furtado creates a new cinematic vision that is propelled by a lively soundtrack and a first-class ensemble cast.
Art, Brazil, Comedy, Drama, Economics/Development, Social IssuesNueba Yol
In this comedy, a Dominican widower, Balbuena (Luisito Martí), decides to leave the economic strictures of island life behind for the streets-are-paved-with-gold promise of the Big Apple.
Comedy, Dominican Republic, Latinos/Chicanos, USANueba Yol 3
In this comically-numbered sequel, Balbuena (Luisito Martí) returns to New York, where he must marry an American citizen to remain in the country legally.
Comedy, Dominican Republic, Latinos/Chicanos, USAPajaros Tirandole La Escopeta, Los
A humorous portrayal of romance, this light comedy presents a typical young Cuban couple, sexually liberated, who nonetheless cannot cope with the affair between his mother and her father. A commentary of the generation gap and machismo.
Comedy, Cuba, Social IssuesQue tan lejos
Two travelers re-evaluate their lives after meeting many interesting people while hitchhiking. Esperanza [Hope] and Tristeza [Sadness] need to get to Cuenca. The bus they're traveling on is delayed due to a workers' strike. They decide to hitchhike to Cuenca. They meet interesting people who make them reconsider the reason for their journey.
Comedy, Drama, EcuadorRomance Da Empregada / The Story Of Fausta
Betty Faria stars as Fausta, a quirky cleaning lady whose sexy swinging hips open the door to a more comfortable life. When an old widower breaks the ice and buys Fausta perfume and a drink, she sees a way out of her dead-end marriage and the shanty town that traps her. The bawdy sitcom hilarity of Fausta and her relationships are infused with a deeper message in the film's startling conclusion.
Brazil, Comedy, Drama, Social Life and CustomsSin Dejar Huella
Sin Dejar Huella uses drama and comedy in equal measure to tell the story of two women--one Spanish and the other Mexican--fleeing from their respective pasts. Ana, a con artist, and Aurelia, a young mother escaping from her drug-dealing husband, meet on the road by chance. Protecting one another from the dangers that pursue them, they travel from northern Mexico to Chiapas. Along the way they gradually learn the truth about one another.
Comedy, Country/Region, Drama, Mexico, Spain, Subject, Travel