Waiting for the Hearse
Waiting for the Hearse (Esperando la carroza in Spanish) is a 1985 Argentine black comedy film directed by Alejandro Doria. It opened on 6 May 1985. Originally not successful upon release, it is now considered a cult film and representative of Argentine culture.
Plot
The Musicardi family'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), whom she lives with and who is going through financial troubles. This situation, plus lack of space and constant generational conflicts, makes Susana, Jorge's wife (Mónica Villa), beg her siblings-in-law to take their mother with any of them for a while after Mamá Cora misunderstood her and ruined part of the meal Susana had labored over.
Cast
- Andrea Tenuta
- Angelita Pardo
- Antonio Gasalla
- Betiana Blum
- Cecilia Rossetto
- China Zorrilla
- Clotilde Borella
- Cristina Fridman
- Darío Grandinetti
- Enrique Pinti
- Gofredo Colombo
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- José Andrada
- Juan Acosta
- Juan Manuel Tenuta
- 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 |
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| musicBy | Feliciano Brunelli |
| producer | Diana Frey |
| productionCompany | Rosafrey Susy Suranyi y Asociados |
| publisher | Primer Plano Film Group |
| recordedAt | Buenos Aires |
| theme | black comedy |