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A wonderful biopic Directed by Sebastian del Amo, written by Edui Tijerina and starring Oscar Jaenada who is remarkable on his performance. He looks, talks and acts like "Cantinflas". The film is engaging and tells an important story about the making of the 1956 movie "Around the World in 80 days". There's also original music composed by Aleks Syntek. The movie introduces wonderful production values, and of course, a great message. The story provides insights about Mario Moreno whose Cantinflas character emerged as a moral guide and hero in Mexico through his movies. It is clear that most actors prepared well for their roles as a tribute to Cantinflas and to those whose role their performed. The problem with Cantinflas sense of humor known as "Cantinflear" is an improvised comic riffing that does not make sense in Spanish and it can´t be translated, but people laughs anyway by just listening. Mexico's film academy has picked Cantinflas, a biopic about iconic comedian Mario Moreno, as its foreign-language Oscar submission. Cantinflas is a most see movie for all.

While reading The Guardian's 2010 Ranking for "The 25 best romantic films of all time", I found two Richard Linklater's films: "Before Sunrise" and "Before Sunset". I then watched them, and I agreed. Now, it comes the third film in Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy's intimate and romantic series that follows the stories of lovers Jesse and Celine. You can watch "Before Midnight" and appreciate the film on its own right. But, I advise you to first see the two previous films (Sunrise and Sunset, in that order), before this one. Then you will understand that "Before Midnight" is a powerful film, but IMHO it could not be fully appreciated if you could not discover Jesse and Celine before. There is not much to say, but advise you to watch this film series to appreciate great acting, great stories and great original films. I really hope for this love story to continue. And I am sure that some of you may agree with me that these romantic films, may sometime be ranked as the best romantic film series of all time.