Tales for Grown Ups

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Cuentos para Mayores

This anthology film consists of three parts: "Story One: The story of the brave man", "Story Two: Angels Rhythm" and "Story Three: The false office of supernumerary". The first story tells of a man desperate to get money to cure the illness of his daughter. The second story tells the adventures of a gang of youths; and finally, the third story tells of corruption in Congress.

Date of release
1963-06-19
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Drama
Director
Román Chalbaud

Casting

Interesting facts

Cuentos para mayores was the second film by Venezuelan director Román Chalbaud. It was released in 1963 and was his first collaboration with José Ignacio Cabrujas. It was also his last feature film until the mid-1970s, during which time he devoted himself to television and theater, writing plays such as La quema de Judas and El pez que fuma, which he later made into films.

Production

Cuentos para mayores is an anthology film, a genre popular around the 1960s and consisting of several sections that may or may not be related to each other by theme or character. Segments of these films could be directed by different authors and served as a platform for those who did not have the experience or resources to raise the financing for a solo feature film.

In the case of Cuentos para mayores, the film is divided into three parts entitled La historia del hombre bravo, Los ángeles del ritmo and La falsa oficina del Supernumerario, in which Chalbaud experiments with different narrative threads, atmospheres and styles.

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