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Featuring:
Antonio Garisa, Evangelina Salazar, Alfredo Mayo
Written by:
Alfonso Paso
Ariel Cortazzo
Enrique Carreras
Directed by:
Enrique Carreras
Release Date:
June 6, 1968
Original Title:
Este cura
Alternate Titles:
Operación San Antonio
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Argentina Sono Film
Cesáreo González
Production Countries:
Argentina | Spain
Ratings / Certifications:
RO: AP
Runtime: 85
A village priest protects a young mother rejected by the people and the mayor.
This Argentina/Spain film deals with an atypical parish priest calledPadre Juan (Antonio Garisa) is moved to a small village . He is an unusual reverend with strong temperament in the wake of Paco Martinez Soria , and Alfredo Landa who also performed peculiar priests in similar style . At the village where is destinated he faces off a wealthy as well as powerful Mayor (Alfredo Mayo) and other egoistic citizens when a young named Soledad Domínguez (Evangelina Salazar)'s been pregnant by an unknown young and then the gossip women want to expel her from village for his indecent behavior , that's why to have an out-of-wedlock child , and the question is : who's the father ? . Antonio Garisa turns on the good girl and then a peculiar war ensues . Shortly after, a good doctor and another kind priest appears at the village and both of them help to the unfortunate Padre Juan. Thing go wrong when Padre Juan is shocked due to a modern and abstract sculpture representing San Antonio is sent to the church .A likeable but mediocre film starred by the always splendid Antonio Garisa , here imitating to Paco Martinez Soria or Alfredo Landa playing one his ordinary roles as a honest priest with strong character .This so-so comedy has passable interpretations , humor , laughs and a brief description of rural habits with cultural clash included . The movie gets a simple and silly premise , as the good guys result to be hapless and poor people , and the bad guys are a ruthless Mayor and the gossip women that turn out to be mainly rich and corrupt people . Antonio Garisa gives a decent acting as the stubborn and revolutionary priest who contends the conservatory and traditional local forces . At the same time , he gives advises , common saying, proverbs and provoking sentences to the townfolks, confronting the Mayor well played by Alfredo Mayo or helping the loving young with an illegimate child . After his first initial acting period , Antonio Garisa played support roles and along the way he made some starring roles, such as : Los extremeños se tocan (1970) , La Verde Doncella , La Cesta , El Padrino y sus Ahijadas , but he mostly played secondary roles , such as : Torrejon City ,La reina del Chantecler , Eva! ¿Qué hace ese hombre en tu cama? Estimado Sr. Juez.. , La Venganza de Don Mendo, Cristóbal Colón, de oficio... descubridor , La vendedora de ropa interior , Los embarazados , ¿Dónde estará mi niño? , Hijos de papá , Cuando los niños vienen de Marsella and many others .Antonio Garisa is well accompanied by a long plethora of Argentinean secondaries as Evangelina Salazar , Norberto Suárez , Teresa Blasco , Gloria Ferrandis and the Spanish veteran secondary Alfredo Mayo who long time ago acted in several classic movies . It packs a lively and catching musical score , as well as atmospheric and evocative cinematography .The motion picture was professional but middlingly made by Enrique Herreros . He was a fine and prolific craftsman who wrote , produced and directed several Argentine films . Rating . Average , 5/10 , but being entertaining and fun enough . The flick will appeal to Antonio Garisa fans .
Costume Design:
Horace Lannes
Director:
Enrique Carreras
Editor:
Jorge Gárate
Music:
Tito Ribero
Producer:
Atilio Mentasti
Production Design:
Gori Muñoz
Screenplay:
Ariel Cortazzo
Story:
Alfonso Paso
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