Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra!

Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra!

1976 · 137 min · ★ 5.7 · Crime, Drama, Comedy

Librado, an unemployed man, lives in a crowded small house with numerous children and relatives, is beaten for stealing a car antenna. His godmother and her children try to settle in his place. She then is arrested at a supermarket for stealing, however, she offers herself and volunteers a friend of hers for sex to the policemen so she can be released. She is a maid of an employee who acts subservient to his boss, a mid-level government employee at once servile who delivers speeches on sexuality in educational texts and then discusses the matter with his brother, a corrupt inspector.

Directed by Gustavo Alatriste · Written by Gustavo Alatriste

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