La sombra del otro

Nov 13, 1957

1h 20m

★ 5.0

Overview

Una divertida aventura de Viruta y Capulina en donde se verán enredados en un lío de boxeadores confundiendo tanto la situación que ni sus bellas amigas los podrán salvar de una gran golpiza.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Producciones Dyana

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Cast

Capulina

Gaspar Henaine

Viruta

Marco Antonio Campos

Cecilia

Ana Bertha Lepe

Víctor Gómez

Freddy Fernández 'El Pichi'

Alejandra

Teresa Velázquez

Ricardo "Pajarito" Moreno

Two brothers living a hard life of manual labor in rural Mexico have a simple dream: saving enough money to build their mother her dream house. But fate has other plans. A friendly game of soccer leads to first Rudo, then to Cursi being taken on by the nation’s top talent scout. Suddenly, they find themselves living the high life of star athletes: fame, fortune, fast cars and beautiful women.

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5.5

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6.4

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6.2

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