El chanfle (1979)

Director:

Enrique Segoviano

Writer:

Roberto Gómez Bolaños

Stars:

Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Florinda Meza García, Ramón Valdés

Cast

Credited cast:
Roberto Gómez Bolaños	...	El Chanfle
Florinda Meza García	...	Tere (as Florinda Meza)
Ramón Valdés	...	Reyes
Carlos Villagrán	...	Valentino
Edgar Vivar	...	Dr. Nájera
Rubén Aguirre	...	Sr. Matute
María Antonieta de las Nieves	...	Matutes secretary
Angelines Fernández	...	Paco's wife (Supermarket Clerk)
Raúl 'Chato' Padilla	...	Paco
María Montaño
Carlos Amador hijo
Horacio Gómez Bolaños	...	Policeman (at Paco's house)
Cecilia Balderas
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ángel Fernández	...	Himself

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

soccer | soccer stadium | camera shot of feet | soccer referee | soccer coach | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy

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Details

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

18 January 1979 (Mexico)

Filming Locations:

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Company Credits

Production Co:

Televicine S.A. de C.V.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the only time in which Raul "Chato" Padilla, Ramon Valdes, and Carlos Villagran appear together in a production by Roberto Gomez Bolanos. When Carlos Villagran and Ramon Valdes left El Chavo and El Chapulin Colorado, Raul "Chato" Padilla became a regular in those productions.

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Connections

Followed by El chanfle II (1982)

User Reviews

Lost in the region.

One could have expected that Roberto Gómez Bolaños' achievements in `El Chavo' and `El Chapulín Colorado' would be continued in this movie; but this time, he managed to create rather a different but ordinary character: a poor class man who is a passionate fan of the local soccer team, that happens to be someone nobody cares about, but at least his own big dreams keep him on the track. in others words, yet another `mexicano soñador' (Mexican dreamer) kind of guy. The plot is very silly, and the routines a la `Blake Edwards' are overexploited. `El Chanfle' lacks originality and is very boring. It clearly looks it is a low-budget movie, but I think this is not an excuse for being so bad.