- Source: The Great Madcap
El Gran Calavera (transl. The Great Madcap) is a 1949 Mexican comedy film directed by Luis Buñuel. The plot concerns a family patriarch who fakes losing all his wealth to end his family's self-indulgent ways.
Plot
Everyone takes advantage of Ramiro de la Mata (Fernando Soler), a funny drunkard and rich widower. His daughter Virginia (Rosario Granados), and his son Eduardo (Gustavo Rojo), as well as his lazy brother Ladislao (Andrés Soler), and his sister-in-law Milagros (Maruja Grifell), all do nothing while living at Ramiro's expense. Gregorio (Francisco Jambrina), his other brother tries to help him by making everyone believe that Ramiro is financially ruined, forcing the family to look for jobs of their own.
Cast
Release
The Great Madcap was screened at the Luis Buñuel Film Institute on 22 July 2015.
See also
Nosotros los Nobles, a 2013 Mexican film that reuses the plot.
References
External links
The Great Madcap at IMDb
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- Rubén Rojo
- Luis Buñuel
- Preston Sturges
- Deadpool
- J.K. Rowling
- Cody Rhodes
- Syd Barrett
- John Musker
- Hell in a Cell (2022)
- Kay Kendall
- The Great Madcap
- The Madcap Laughs
- Nosotros los Nobles
- Max Baer (boxer)
- Luis Buñuel filmography
- Rosario Granados
- The Great McGinty
- Luis Moya (art director)
- List of films: G
- 1969 in film
