''The Stork Said Yes'' (''La cigüeña dijo ¡Sí!'') is a
1955 Argentine
Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...
comedy film directed by
Enrique Carreras
Enrique Carreras (6 January 1925 – 29 August 1995) was a Peruvian-born Argentina, Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer. He was one of the most prolific film directors in the history of the cinema of Argentina and a prominent ...
, from a script by
Alejandro Casona based on a
Carlos Llopis 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
Palito Ortega.
Plot
A mature married couple happily receives the news of pregnancy while a young couple has the disappointment of a frustrated attempt.
Cast
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Lola Membrives as Doña Antonina
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Tomás Blanco as Don Eduardo
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Esteban Serrador as Claudio
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Susana Campos as Pilar
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Hugo Pimentel as Solís
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Paquita Más as Felisa
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Delfy Miranda
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Antonio Martiánez as Dr. Fernández Pérez
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Elder Barber
Reception
The critic Manuel Rey, known as "King", said that the film was: "A successful comedy". ''
La Nación
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'' wrote that its "festive tone is achieved with communicative grace...its light plot has counted with good effect situations."
References
External links
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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
Spanish-language comedy films
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