''Conserje en condominio'' (in English: "Concierge in an Apartment Building") is a 1974 Mexican comedy film directed by

Miguel M. Delgado Miguel Melitón Delgado Pardavé (17 May 1905 – 2 January 1994) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter best known for directing thirty-three of Cantinflas' films, under contract of Posa Films. He directed 139 films between 1941 and 19 ...

and starring Cantinflas, Claudia Islas and

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Plot

After reading an ad in a newspaper, Úrsulo (Cantinflas) takes a job as a concierge of a luxurious apartment building inhabited by eccentric people who all turn to him to solve their various problems. But when someone in the building kidnaps an important person, Úrsulo must become an investigator and find the kidnapped and the kidnappers.

Cast

* Cantinflas as Úrsulo * Claudia Islas as Jackie *

as Clodomira *

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as Lic. Silverio Rojas "Rojitas" (as Jesus Salinas) *

Carlos Riquelme Carlos Riquelme (13 May 1914 – 17 May 1990) was a Mexican film actor. He appeared in 160 films between 1939 and 1989. Selected filmography * ''Adventure in the Night'' (1948) * '' A Family Like Many Others'' (1949) * ''The Absentee'' (19 ...

as Administrador González * Bertha Moss as Señora Candy * Eugenia Avendaño as Señora Margo *

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as Danny *

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as Lisa *

Eduardo Alcaraz Alfredo Vergara Morales (13 April 1915 – 18 April 1987), best known by the stage name Eduardo Alcaraz, was a Chilean-Mexican actor. Born in Santiago, he was based in Mexico since 1951. He appeared in films such as '' Escuela de rateros'' (1 ...

as Lic. Rufino * Gladys Vivas as Ad Director *

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as Domitila * Mitzuko Miguel as Señorita Erica * Gerardo del Castillo as Melesio Martínez (as Gerardo del Castillo Jr.) * Carlos Cámara as Jorge * Carlos Nieto as Police Chief *

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as Nancy * Carlos León as Commander * María Fernanda Ampudia as Blonde spiritualist * Jacobo Zabludovsky as Reporter * Guillermo Bravo Sosa as Spiritualist (uncredited) *

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as Policeman (uncredited) * Jorge Casanova as Neighbour (uncredited) * Lilia Castillo as Candy's Maid (uncredited) *

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as Train Passenger (uncredited) * Rubén Márquez as Spiritualist (uncredited) * Mariana Ponzanelli (uncredited) *

Paco Sañudo Paco is a Spanish nickname for Francisco. According to folk etymology, the nickname has its origins in Saint Francis of Assisi, who was the father of the Franciscan order; his name was written in Latin by the order as ''Pater Communitatis'' (fath ...

(uncredited)

Reception

The presence of

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s in the film and Cantinflas's character clashing with them was seen by Professor Jeffrey M. Pilcher in ''Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity'' as "part of a struggle to represent Mexico's national identity," with Cantinflas's character representing the "'' pelado'' from the 1930s." Pilcher noted, however, that "although Cantinflas triumphed over the hippies on screen, many young people considered him a ''momiza'' (square)." Both Carlos Monsiváis in ''Los ídolos a nado'' and Joanne Hershfield and David R. Maciel in ''Mexico's Cinema: A Century of Film and Filmmakers'' considered it among Cantinflas's most "sad and pathetic" films, alongside '' El ministro y yo'' (1976).Hershfield & Maciel, p. 64

References

Bibliography

*García Riera, Emilio. ''Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1972–1973''. Universidad de Guadalajara, 1992. *Pilcher, Jeffrey M. ''Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2001. *Monsiváis, Carlos. ''Los ídolos a nado: Una antología global''. Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial España, 2011. *Hershfield, Joanne; Maciel, David R. ''Mexico's Cinema: A Century of Film and Filmmakers''. Rowman & Littlefield, 1999.

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0161454 1974 comedy films 1974 films Mexican comedy films Films directed by Miguel M. Delgado 1970s Mexican films