''The Stork Said Yes'' (''La cigüeña dijo ¡Sí!'') is a 1955 Argentine comedy film directed by

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, from a script by

Alejandro Casona Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez, known as Alejandro Casona (3 March 1903 – 17 September 1965) was a Spanish poet and playwright born in Besullo, Spain, a member of the Generation of '27. Casona received his bachelor's degree in Gijon and la ...

based on a

Carlos Llopis Carlos Llopis (20 January 1913 – 6 April 1970) was the shortened name used by the Spanish dramatist Carlos Fernández Montero Llopis. He wrote around 50 comedies almost all of which were staged in Madrid and theatres across Spain and Latin Americ ...

play. It stars Lola Membrives, Tomás Blanco, Esteban Serrador and Susana Campos and premiered on April 22, 1955. It was the last of Lola Membrives' few incursions into cinema. In 1971, Carreras remade the film based on the same play as '' La familia hippie'', starring

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Plot

A mature married couple happily receives the news of pregnancy while a young couple has the disappointment of a frustrated attempt.

Cast

* Lola Membrives as Doña Antonina * Tomás Blanco as Don Eduardo * Esteban Serrador as Claudio * Susana Campos as Pilar *

Hugo Pimentel Hugo Pimentel (25 January 1919, in San Fernando, Buenos Aires – 1 June 1984, in Caracas) was an Argentine actor. He starred in the acclaimed Silver Condor-winning 1943 film '' Juvenilia''. Other notable films include '' His Best Student'' (19 ...

as Solís * Paquita Más as Felisa * Delfy Miranda * Antonio Martiánez as Dr. Fernández Pérez * Elder Barber

Reception

The critic Manuel Rey, known as "King", said that the film was a "A successful comedy". ''

La Nación ''La Nación'' () is an Argentine daily newspaper. As the country's leading conservative newspaper, ''La Nación''s main competitor is the more liberal '' Clarín''. It is regarded as a newspaper of record for Argentina. Its motto is: "''La Na ...

'' wrote that its "festive tone is achieved with communicative grace...its light plot has counted with good effect situations."

References

External links

* 1955 films 1950s Argentine films 1950s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films Films directed by Enrique Carreras 1955 comedy films Argentine comedy films {{1950s-comedy-film-stub