Waiting for the Hearse
Waiting for the Hearse (Esperando la carroza in Spanish) is a 1985 Argentine comedy film directed by Alejandro Doria. It is considered a cult film. It opened on 6 May 1985.
Plot
Musicardi's octogenarian widow, Ana María de los Dolores Buscaroli, called Mamá Cora by everybody (Antonio Gasalla), has four children: Antonio (Luis Brandoni), Sergio (Juan Manuel Tenuta), Emilia (Lidia Catalano) and Jorge Musicardi (Julio De Grazia) with whom she lives and goes through financial troubles. This situation, plus lack of space and constant generational conflicts, makes Susana (Jorge's wife) ask desperately for the siblings-in-law to take their mother with any of them for a while.
Cast
- Andrea Tenuta
- Angelita Pardo
- Antonio Gasalla
- Betiana Blum
- Cecilia Rossetto
- China Zorrilla
- Clotilde Borella
- Cristina Fridman
- Darío Grandinetti
- Enrique Pinti
- Gofredo Colombo
- José Andrada
- Juan Acosta
- Juan Manuel Tenuta
- Julio de Grazia
- Lidia Catalano
- Luis Brandoni
- Miguel Ángel Porro
- Mónica Alessandría
- Mónica Villa
- Pina Criscuolo
More details
| author | Alejandro Doria Jacobo Langsner |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Buenos Aires |
| director | Alejandro Doria |
| editor | Silvia Ripoll |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | argentina\'s last dictatorship caramel custard hungarian hungary kill mayonnaise misunderstand national reorganization process newly rich nothing old lady other woman ravioli sibling speak working class |
| musicBy | Feliciano Brunelli |
| producer | Diana Frey |
| productionCompany | Rosafrey Susy Suranyi y Asociados |
| publisher | Primer Plano Film Group |
| recordedAt | Buenos Aires |