El barrendero

El barrendero
El barrendero
Directed by	Miguel M. Delgado
Screenplay by	Cantinflas; Isaac Díaz Araiza; ; Mario Reyes
Produced by	Jacques Gelman
Starring	Cantinflas; María Sorté
Cinematography	Rosalío Solano
Edited by	Gloria Schoemann
Music by
Production; company	Cantinflas Films S.A.
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	5 May 1982 (Mexico);
Running time	113 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

El barrendero (in English, The Street Sweeper) is a 1982 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas and María Sorté.^[1] It has been cited as an example of a "Mexploitation" film.^[2] It is Cantinflas's last film, ending a career that had lasted since 1936.

Plot[]

Napoleón (Cantinflas) is a humble street sweeper who flirts with all the maids in the neighborhood where he works (all of whom call him affectionately "Don Napo"), of which Chipinita (María Sorté) stands out. Napoleon ends up being the only witness to the theft of a valuable painting, and he is threatened by the thieves of the painting and also becomes a suspect.

Cast[]

Cantinflas as Napoleón "Don Napo"
María Sorté as Chipinita
Úrsula Prats as Lupita
Eduardo Alcaraz as Don Chafas
as Supervisor Molina
as Skinny Thief
as Rosita
Sara Guasch as Blonde woman at party
as Mendoza
as Chabelita
as Basurita
as Police Deputy
as Thief (as Alberto Arvizu)
as General Secretary
as French Maid
Evita Muñoz "Chachita" as Pachita
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Father of abandoned baby (uncredited)
as Doña Chumina, porter (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)

References[]

^ Amador & Ayala Blanco, p. 123
^ Rohrer, p. 40

Bibliography[]

Amador, María Luisa; Ayala Blanco, Jorge. Cartelera cinematográfica, 1980–1989. UNAM, 2006.
Rohrer, Seraina. La India María: Mexploitation and the Films of María Elena Velasco. University of Texas Press, 2017.

External links[]

El barrendero at IMDb

[1] Amador & Ayala Blanco, p. 123

[2] Rohrer, p. 40

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