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

Medio millón por una mujerMedio millón por una mujer · 1940
Medio millón por una mujer
7.01940
MovieComedy
A man pretends to be a doctor to kidnap a miser's wife.
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.
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.
Deshojando margaritasDeshojando margaritas · 1946
Deshojando margaritas
7.01946
MovieComedy
Workaholic kindustrial tycoon is kidnapped and learns the value of a more leisurely lifestyle.
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.
Ayer y hoyAyer y hoy · 1934
Ayer y hoy
7.01934
MovieDrama
Two women from the same family, one from 1830 and the other from 1930, the first subject to the rigor of the customs of her time and the other in an atmosphere of independence and freedom.
Persona honrada se necesitaPersona honrada se necesita · 1941
Persona honrada se necesita
7.01941
MovieComedy
A 1941 film.
Adam's PajamasAdam's Pajamas · 1942
Adam's Pajamas
8.01942
MovieComedy
A recently married woman runs away from her husband upon discovering that he had had a mistress. The father-in-law, determined to fix things, also becomes entangled in a disgust with his wife.

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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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