El fantástico mundo de Juan Orol (2012)

Juan Orol, was born in Galicia, Spain at the end of the XIX Century. As a child, his mother sent him away to Cuba, looking for a relative he never found. He grew up wildly and encroached in... See full summary »

Director:

Sebastian del Amo

Writers:

Raul Fernandez Espinosa, Sebastian del Amo,

Stars:

Roberto Sosa, Juan Manuel Bernal, Juan Carlos Bonet

Cast

Credited cast:
Roberto Sosa	...	Juan Orol
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Juan Manuel Bernal	...	Vendedor de Kodak
Juan Carlos Bonet	...	Amigo Orol
Alfonso Borbolla	...	Quirico Michelena
Julio Bracho	...	Policia
Karin Burnett	...	Maria Antonieta
Rodrigo Cachero	...	Memo Alcaine
Rodrigo Corea	...	Acomodador
Roger Cudney	...	Don Guillermo
Gabriela de la Garza	...	Mary Esquivel
Alberto Estrella	...	El indio Fernández
Mauricio Galaz	...	Arnoldo Orol
Ximena Gonzalez-Rubio	...	Rosa
Ariadna Perez Mijares	...	Ninon
Yolanda Montes	...	Tongolele

Storyline

Juan Orol, was born in Galicia, Spain at the end of the XIX Century. As a child, his mother sent him away to Cuba, looking for a relative he never found. He grew up wildly and encroached in many disciplines such as baseball, boxing, race cars and bull fighting, this last career effort moved him to Mexico, where he got married and started a new life as a cop. After the Cristiada War, he widowed and looked for an opportunity in Mexican Cinema where he hit the jackpot on his first feature and became the main B Side exponent of the GOLDEN AGES of Mexican movie industry in the 20th Century.

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Plot Keywords:

golden age | gangster | mexico | surrealist | boxing | 

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Taglines:

An amazingly funny biography of the greatest involuntary surrealist of all times...

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Genres:

Biography | Comedy | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [mx]

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

14 September 2012 (Mexico)

Also Known As:

Orol, el surrealista involuntario

Filming Locations:

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Box Office

Budget:

$2,100,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Celuloide Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (RCA Sound Recording)

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References Zonga, the Diabolical Angel (1958)

User Reviews

Brilliant Comedy from Mexico

I had the great pleasure of seeing this film which was shown only twice at MoMA in NYC as part of their Global Lens 2013 film series. In this film, Mexico's half-forgotten B-movie master, "involuntary surrealist" Juan Orol (1897-1988) , receives a pitch-perfect tribute which is a love letter to a self-made man of showbiz, whose career spanned nearly sixty films (1935-1968) . In a black and white flashback mingling movie-tainted memories of his Galician childhood, forced exile to Cuba and arrival in Mexico, intrepid "Juanito" pursues failed careers as baseball player, boxer, bullfighter and gangster before landing in the movies ---where failure kind of works for him. As Orol (and his alter ego), Roberto Sosa, who is a combination of Cantinflas, Fernandel and Chaplin, brilliantly exudes droll underdog charm, anchoring a fast-moving comedy where every frame is an infectious homage to a golden age of cinema, the wiles of memory and the art of fantasy. Director Sebastian de Amo has made a classic film which introduces the amazingly imaginative Orol to film-goers all over the world. This is a must see for anyone who loves the movies.