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Waiting for the Hearse

Original title: Esperando la carroza
  • 19851985
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
6.4K
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Betiana Blum, Luis Brandoni, Julio De Grazia, Antonio Gasalla, Andrea Tenuta, Juan Manuel Tenuta, Mónica Villa, and China Zorrilla in Waiting for the Hearse (1985)
  • Comedy
Each member of this family tries to endorse someone else to care for the old Mother.Each member of this family tries to endorse someone else to care for the old Mother.Each member of this family tries to endorse someone else to care for the old Mother.
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
6.4K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Alejandro Doria
  • Writers
    • Alejandro Doria(screenplay)
    • Jacobo Langsner(play)
  • Stars
    • Luis Brandoni
    • China Zorrilla
    • Antonio Gasalla
Top credits
  • Director
    • Alejandro Doria
  • Writers
    • Alejandro Doria(screenplay)
    • Jacobo Langsner(play)
  • Stars
    • Luis Brandoni
    • China Zorrilla
    • Antonio Gasalla
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 17User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Betiana Blum and Andrea Tenuta in Waiting for the Hearse (1985)
    Betiana Blum, Luis Brandoni, Andrea Tenuta, and China Zorrilla in Waiting for the Hearse (1985)
    Antonio Gasalla in Waiting for the Hearse (1985)
    Betiana Blum in Waiting for the Hearse (1985)
    Betiana Blum in Waiting for the Hearse (1985)
    China Zorrilla in Waiting for the Hearse (1985)
    Betiana Blum and Julio De Grazia in Waiting for the Hearse (1985)
    Betiana Blum, Luis Brandoni, Julio De Grazia, Juan Manuel Tenuta, and China Zorrilla in Waiting for the Hearse (1985)
    China Zorrilla in Waiting for the Hearse (1985)
    Julio De Grazia in Waiting for the Hearse (1985)
    Mónica Villa and China Zorrilla in Waiting for the Hearse (1985)

    Top cast

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    Luis Brandoni
    Luis Brandoni
    • Antonio Musicardi
    China Zorrilla
    China Zorrilla
    • Elvira Romero de Musicardi
    Antonio Gasalla
    Antonio Gasalla
    • Mamá Cora
    Julio De Grazia
    Julio De Grazia
    • Jorge Musicardi
    Betiana Blum
    Betiana Blum
    • Nora de Musicardi
    Mónica Villa
    Mónica Villa
    • Susana de Musicardi
    Juan Manuel Tenuta
    Juan Manuel Tenuta
    • Sergio Musicardi
    Andrea Tenuta
    Andrea Tenuta
    • Matilde Musicardi
    Cecilia Rossetto
    Cecilia Rossetto
    • Dominga
    Enrique Pinti
    Enrique Pinti
    • Felipe
    Darío Grandinetti
    Darío Grandinetti
    • Cacho
    Lidia Catalano
    Lidia Catalano
    • Emilia Musicardi
    Clotilde Borella
    • Doña Elisa
    Juan Acosta
    • Peralta
    Angelita Pardo
    • Rosaura
    Pina Criscuolo
    • Doña Gertrudis
    Mónica Alessandría
    • Pocha
    Rafael Rodríguez
    • Funcionario morgue
    • Director
      • Alejandro Doria
    • Writers
      • Alejandro Doria(screenplay)
      • Jacobo Langsner(play) (screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      All the houses that appear in the film are very close to each other in the same Buenos Aires neighborhood, Versalles. The main house (Elvira and Sergio's) became too old with the years. It was about to face demolition but the city's government decided to mark it as a cultural landmark and it was totally repaired. Now, it is a site of pilgrimage for thousands of fans who visit it all year round to take pictures and tour around the neighborhood. The house is inhabited by the same family who owned it at the time of the filming. They even have a female dog as pet named after one of the characters in the movie: "Matilde" (the young daughter of Elvira and Sergio).
    • Quotes

      Antonio: [in the car, eating an empanada he picked up from some very poor relative's house] What misery! What misery! Do you know what did they have for lunch?

      Sergio: [looking at the empanada Antonio is eating] Empanadas.

      Antonio: Three of them. It broke my heart! Three leftover empanadas from last night's dinner for two people! God, how little you can do to help people!

    • Connections
      Featured in AM - Antes del mediodía: Episode dated 24 October 2012 (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      Barrilito de Cerveza
      ("Skoda lásky")

      Written by Jaromir Vejvoda with Wladimir A. Timm and Lew Brown

      Performed by Feliciano Brunelli y orquesta

    User reviews17

    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    One of the funniest comedies I ever saw
    I watch a lot of movies, but this one is exceptional. First of all, it's a comedy, and a hilarious one; it's dark and twisted and each character is perfectly and utterly designedm from the leadings to the supporting roles. It also has great performances, the cast is something like an Altman or Woody Allen movie in which you can find the most famous actors doing a small but superb appearance. It reveals all the human misery in its neuroses, the egotistic, the addicted, the superficial, the martyr, the stupid, the fascist, etc. But it does so in an incredibly funny (plainly funny) and sarcastic way.

    Major!
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    5
    • erzebethina
    • Dec 2, 2014

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 6, 1985 (Argentina)
    • Country of origin
      • Argentina
    • Language
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Esperando la carroza
    • Filming locations
      • Versalles, Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina
    • Production companies
      • Rosafrey
      • Susy Suranyi y Asociados
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    Box office

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    • Gross worldwide
      • $596,550
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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