Francisco Múgica

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Francisco Múgica

Born April 9, 1907 · Buenos Aires City, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Died January 1, 1985 · aged 77

Francisco Mugica (1907-1985) was a film editor, screenwriter, cinematographer and director. He was one of the greatest creators of the bourgeois comedies of the 1940s in Argentine cinema and was married to the actress Alímedes Nelson.

Known For

La guerra la gano yoLa guerra la gano yo · 1943
La guerra la gano yo
★ 8.01943
MovieComedy
A grocer gets rich speculating on the shortages generated by World War II until he suffers the consequences firsthand.
He nacido en Buenos AiresHe nacido en Buenos Aires · 1959
He nacido en Buenos Aires
★ 9.01959
MovieDramaComedy
JettatoreJettatore · 1938
Jettatore
★ 7.01938
MovieDrama
A rumor spreads about a man being bad luck. His superstitious friends believe it, but it's all part of an evil scheme to ruin the man's upcoming wedding. Adapted from the play of the same name by Gregorio de Laferrere.
El solterónEl solterón · 1940
El solterón
★ 10.01940
MovieComedy
A single man and womanizer who enjoys the nightlife learns that he has a son who is already an adult. In order to gain his affection he decides to change his life. Things get complicated when he needs to return to his past life, this time to save his family from ruin.
El espejoEl espejo · 1943
El espejo
★ 6.41943
MovieDrama
Faced with her own reflection, a woman traces the events that led her to renounce love, and the sacrifices she has made for her mother and sister.
Margarita, Armando and his fatherMargarita, Armando and his father · 1939
Margarita, Armando and his father
★ 7.81939
MovieComedyRomance
A young couple, Margarita and Armando, reenact the story of The Lady of the Camellias, as they fall in love, Armando's flamboyant father disapproves of their relationship and does everything to separate them.
Poncho blancoPoncho blanco · 1936
Poncho blanco
★ 8.01936
MovieDrama
A teacher who has secluded herself in a small town is harassed by a commissioner.
Deshojando margaritasDeshojando margaritas · 1946
Deshojando margaritas
★ 7.01946
MovieComedy
Workaholic kindustrial tycoon is kidnapped and learns the value of a more leisurely lifestyle.

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Three Argentines in ParisThree Argentines in Paris · 1938
Three Argentines in Paris
★ 7.01938
MovieComedyMusic
Three Argentines who live in Paris and dream of returning to Buenos Aires but lack resources for the passage, find their opportunity when a landowner, a business man and his daughter arrive in Paris. In a game of rigged poker the three anchors obtain the money for the passages from the newcomers; it happens however that the employer has made an embezzlement and will go to jail if he does not return the money. The character represented by Parravicini, who is the true father of his adopted daughter, gives him the money won to solve his problem and the three remain in Paris to see them in an end with the best poetry of Romero crossing a bridge under the mist , silent, once again anchored but with the happy sadness of recovered self-esteem.

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