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: ''El crimen del cácaro Gumaro'', ) is a 2014 Mexican

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directed by Emilio Portes and written by Portes, Andrés Bustamante and Armando Vega Gil. The cast features Andrés Bustamante,

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, Carlos Corona and Jesús Ochoa. It premiered on March 14, 2014, in Mexican theaters.

Synopsis

Don Toribio, knowing his death is coming calls his two sons, Gumaro and Archimboldo. Both return to Güépez (an imaginary Mexican town) to listen to their father's will. On his death bed, he stipulates that Archimboldo would keep a broken-down moving truck and that Gumaro would receive a cinema theatre, the Linterna Mújica (a pun on Lanterna Magica), provided he manages to make it profitable soon, otherwise it would pass into the hands of his older brother. The latter is preparing unfair competition in the hands of piracy. The brothers wage a mutual war that takes the town to the brink of destruction. While doing so, they pay homage to the great classics (old or recent) of Mexican Cinema.

Cast

The actors participating in this film are: * Andrés Bustamante as Don Cuino *

as Claudianita *

as Archimboldo * Carlos Corona as Gumaro * Jesús Ochoa as Cochigordo *

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as Don Toribio * Javier 'Chabelo' López as Himself *

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as Jorge the Birdwatcher * Armando Vega Gil as Bitter father * Mónica Huarte as Faulina * Marius Biegai as General Matherson * Jaime Cancino as Customer Table * Bruno Coronel as Boyfriend *

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as Kate / Rosario * Johanna Murillo as Orquidea * Freddy Ortega as Lawyer Freddy * German Ortega as Witness * Alberto Rojas as Lord of the Table *

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as Maria cook *

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as Herself *

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as Christ *

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as Brozo * Mario Zaragoza as Castulo *

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as Teporocho

Production

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began on January 14, 2013, in locations in the Federal District and in

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, lasting 9 weeks.

Reception

Box-office

In its first weekend it attracted 639,060 spectators to the cinema, collecting 28,830,000

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s. For its second weekend, it raised 38,000,000 more pesos.

Accolades

References

External links

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