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6.5/10   234 votes
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Director:
Luis Estrada
Writers:
Luis Estrada (writer)
Jaime Sampietro (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
17 March 2006 (Mexico) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Thriller more
Plot:
A fairy tale about the political and socioeconomic realities of Mexico. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
‘Exit Stage Left’ Raises the Curtain on Theater Comedy
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User Comments:
Should I laugh, or should I cry? more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Damián Alcázar ... Juan Pérez
Antonio Serrano ... Ministro
Cecilia Suárez ... Rosita
Ernesto Gómez Cruz ... Compadre Filemón
Jesús Ochoa ... El Tamal
Silverio Palacios ... El Azteca
Pedro Armendáriz Jr. ... Director del Periódico
Carlos Arau ... Joven Reportero
Jorge Zárate ... Lalo, Secretario Particular
Guillermo Gil ... Cara de Rata - padre de Rosa
Max Kerlow ... Sacerdote
Carmen Beato ... La Nena - esposa del Ministro
Larry Silverman ... Doctor Goldberg

José María Yazpik ... Asesor Financiero
Plutarco Haza ... Asesor Político
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Wonderful World (USA) (literal English title)
Un hombre ejemplar (Mexico) (working title)
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Runtime:
Mexico:118 min | Argentina:118 min
Country:
Mexico
Language:
Spanish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Mexico:B | Argentina:13
Filming Locations:
Mexico

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When Juan Perez (Damian Alcazar) is interrogated, after being asked his alias, he says, among others, "Varguitas", which was Alcazar's character in a previous movie, “La Ley de Herodes”, with the same director, Luis Estrada. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The portrait that appears in the house of the politician Lascuraian, the Secretary of Economy of México, is, in fact, the portrait of Porfirio Díaz, president of México (1877-1911), and not from José Ives Limantour, Secretary of Economy of México in Diaz administration more

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4 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
Should I laugh, or should I cry?, 23 March 2006
9/10
Author: isaaci2003 from United States

When I watched this movie I thought I was going to sit down and enjoy a comedy and while it is very funny it is much more than a comedy. Immideately after every laugh I found myself thinking the same thing, "Wait, that's not supposed to be funny." Laughing at the shacks that thousands of people have to live in. Or, laughing at the fact that system is so mucked up that not even university-educated men and women can get a job as a janitor. These things are not supposed to be funny but Un Dia Maravilloso makes you laugh at them. Not that this film is evil for doing so. On the contrary, great satires make fun at things that are not supposed to be funny. The best example of this is Dr. Strangelove. The fate of the entire world is in the hands of these fools up the screen yet, we laugh at them (our world leaders included).

This movie is more than a black comedy. It is a comedy that makes you regret every laugh. It makes you regret every time you laughed at the dirty hobo up the screen. I watched it while in Mexico City last week and loved it. It's as thought-provoking as it is funny. It truly made me change my outlook towards poor people (truly poor people, people who don't know if they'll survive another day because lack of money). After leaving the movie theatre on my way to the hotel, I gave every beggar I came across fifty pesos. It isn't much, but I'd like to think that I eased their battle in a small way.

Besides highlighting poverty in Mexico it also brings about issues of corruption and social injustice. And which country in the world doesn't have any of those 3 things? Which is why you don't have to be Mexican to enjoy it. Run, don't walk, to Un Dia Maravilloso.

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Showed at LA Latino Film Festival and got good review in Variety Mag. ansbro-2
Gran película del Director de La Ley de Herodes bandidos-1
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