Your Excellency

1967 2h 14m ES

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8.1

BANGER

★8.1TMDB · 66

ComedyDrama

Synopsis

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Lopitos, who is horribly inefficient but quick-witted, is invited (because of the current ambassador's superstition about 13 sitting down to a meal) to a banquet attended by the ambassadors of both superpowers. After the news of a series of coups d'état in Los Cocos arrives throughout the meal, Lopitos becomes the official ambassador. At a summit of world leaders, the representatives of the two world superpowers court the allegiances of third-world diplomats to tilt the balance of global power in their favor. The last diplomat to remain unaligned, Lopitos instead harangues the superpowers for infringing on the rights of developing countries to self determination, talking to them with his point of view as a citizen not as ambassador because he arranged his demise as ambassador one day before his speech.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Cantinflas
Lopez 'Lopitos' / His Excellency the Ambassador of Los Cocos
Sonia Infante
Lolita
Guillermo Zetina
Lic. Don Tirso de la Pompa y Pompa, consejero
Tito Junco
General León Balarraza, agregado militar
Miguel Manzano
Don Serafín Templado, secretario
José Gálvez
Camarada Osky Popovsky, primer ministro
Víctor Alcocer
Almirante Neptuno Aguado, agregado naval
Maura Monti
Camarada Tania

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Miguel M. Delgado
Writers: Cantinflas
Languages: Spanish
Countries: Mexico

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ERA

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59 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Cantinflas Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Miguel M. Delgado, shot by Gabriel Figueroa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Sergio Guerrero. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Jorge Busto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Cantinflas and Sonia Infante and Guillermo Zetina carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0061038 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 66 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Miguel M. Delgado directs. Gabriel Figueroa behind the camera. Sergio Guerrero scores. Jorge Busto cuts. Produced in Mexico. Dialogue in Spanish.

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159 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "Cantinflas Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Miguel M. Delgado, shot by Gabriel Figueroa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Sergio Guerrero. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Jorge Busto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Cantinflas and Sonia Infante and Guillermo Zetina carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0061038 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 66 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 10 themes, including "corruption", "ambassador", "politics", "ideology".