El barrendero (in English, The Street Sweeper) is a 1982 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas and María Sorté.[1] It has been cited as an example of a "Mexploitation" film.[2] It is Cantinflas's last film, ending a career that had lasted since 1936.

El barrendero
Directed byMiguel M. Delgado
Screenplay byCantinflas
Isaac Díaz Araiza
Fernando Galiana
Mario Reyes
Produced byJacques Gelman
StarringCantinflas
María Sorté
CinematographyRosalío Solano
Edited byGloria Schoemann
Music byGustavo César Carrión
Production
company
Cantinflas Films S.A.
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • 5 May 1982 (1982-05-05) (Mexico)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Plot

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Napoleón (Cantinflas) is a humble street sweeper who flirts with all the maids in the neighborhood where he works (all of whom call him affectionately "Don Napo"), of which Chipinita (María Sorté) stands out. Napoleon ends up being the only witness to the theft of a valuable painting, and he is threatened by the thieves of the painting and also becomes a suspect.

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References

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  1. ^ Amador & Ayala Blanco, p. 123
  2. ^ Rohrer, p. 40

Bibliography

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  • Amador, María Luisa; Ayala Blanco, Jorge. Cartelera cinematográfica, 1980–1989. UNAM, 2006.
  • Rohrer, Seraina. La India María: Mexploitation and the Films of María Elena Velasco. University of Texas Press, 2017.
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