...And God Created Them
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...And God Created Them is a 1979 Puerto Rican comedy film
directed by Jacobo Morales
. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
section at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival
.
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by Jacobo Morales
Jacobo Morales
Jacobo Morales is an auteur, whom many consider to be the most influential film director in Puerto Rico's history.-Life and career:...
. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...
section at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival
1981 Cannes Film Festival
- Jury :*Jacques Deray *Ellen Burstyn *Jean-Claude Carrière *Robert Chazal *Attilio D'Onofrio *Christian Defaye *Carlos Diegues *Antonio Gala...
.
Synopsis
The film actually consists of five vignettes:- Dios los cría - A rich industrialist has died, leaving two sons and his widow (a buxom young woman) as heirs. While his body lies on a public wake, one of his sons sneaks out of the funeral parlor, goes to the father's office, opens the office's safe and steals the cash inside it. On his way out, he's confronted by his brother, who points a gun at him. They exchange words about their individual relationship, as well as how they related to their father and how his widow would not deserve any part of the old man's estate. They start to argue and get into a physical confrontation. One of the brothers shoots the other, but the wounded one shoots back the other in return with a gun he pulls from his coat. At the end, all three family members lie in caskets at the funeral parlor.
- Negocio redondo - Don Marcos, the lead of a construction company (and a lecherous old man who constantly imagines women around him being naked) visits the local Roman Catholic archbishop. They are discussing the last details of a land plot's purchase. Don Marcos tries to outsmart the archbishop when they negotiate the contract's terms, but the archbishop proves to be a clever negotiator. Once they sign the contract and the deal is closed, Don Marcos returns to his office, but has second thoughts and asks his chauffeur to drive him back to the archbishop's office. He asks for a private audience to confess his sins, to which the archbishop agrees. Besides conceding on his lewd behavior, Don Marcos reveals the archbishop that the plot he has sold to the church is overvalued, since a major road will soon run through it. The archbishop threatens to sue him and his company, to which Don Marcos reminds him that this fact has been revealed to him under confession, and therefore, cannot be revealed under penalty of excommunion. The archbishop reluctantly absolves the manager of his sins, and Don Marcos returns to his office, expressionless.
- La Gran Noche - an aging prostitute is being teased by her fellow sex workers on the bordello they all work at. By now, no client asks for her services. One night, a handsome young man shows up, rejects the offers from the other prostitutes, and takes the aging one for a dance. They leave the premises under the surprised looks of all the attendants. They stop at a park, where she is dropped by the customer (the vignette has been acted silently up to this point). The customer dismisses her rudely after she pays him money; it turns out she had paid him to act the entire time. When she sits at a bench to ponder her future, an old man plays compliment to her "beautiful eyes."
- Entre doce y una - A man and his wife (named Alberto and Annette) are arguing on the way to an elevator at the higher stories of a tall building. Another man, Carlos, joins them inside the elevator's car. A severe earthquake then hits the city. The car loses power, and when the passengers try to escape by a hatch on the top of the car, they discover that the elevator's cables are frayed (and at least one has snapped). While they scream for help (and somebody offers to get them help in a matter of hours) tempers flare, the cables keep on snapping, and the couple reveal their indiscretions to each other. Alberto confesses his infidelities, and Annette confesses that she has been unfaithful to her husband as well. Her partner turns to be Carlos, the third man inside the elevator. While the two men have a fight in the elevator, it shakes so much that the final cable remaining snaps, and the elevator car plummets, taking them to a certain death.
- La Otra - Fernando, a traveling salesman, appears in alternate scenes with two women. The older woman, Josefina, reminds him to take care of his health, offers him dinner, and looks after him at home; the younger one, Marie, is constantly interested in having passionate sex with him. He seems to be an absentee partner to both, and the two women resent his absences. One day Marie finds Fernando with Josefina, and they have a quarrel; it turns out that Josefina, the older, domestically oriented woman, is the man's lover, while Marie is his wife. He then divorces his young wife, marries his older lover... and remains domestic to Josefina while still having frequent sexual episodes with Marie.
Cast
- Norma CandalNorma CandalNorma Candal , was an actress and comedian who was best known for her role as "Petunia".-Early years:Candal was born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico and lived with her family in the Fajardo Sugar Co. sugar plantation where her father was an accountant...
- Josefina (segment "La Otra") - Carlos Cestero - Hustler (segment "La Gran Noche")
- Pedro Juan Figueroa - Arnaldo (segment "Dios Los Cria")
- Daniel LugoDaniel LugoDaniel Lugo born July 30, 1945, in Caguas, Puerto Rico. is a Puerto Rican actor.His has played several prominent parts in telenovelas such as Prisionera, La Hija del Mariachi, El Rostro de Analia, and most recently as Ali in El Clon.-Telenovelas:...
- Carlos (segment "Entre Doce Y Una") - Chavito Marrero - Don Marcos (segment "Negocio Redondo") (as José Luis Marrero)
- Benjamín Morales - Bishop (segment "Negocio Redondo"), Don Manuel (segment "La Otra")
- Jacobo MoralesJacobo MoralesJacobo Morales is an auteur, whom many consider to be the most influential film director in Puerto Rico's history.-Life and career:...
- Alberto Palacios (segment "Entre Doce Y Una"), Fernando Sepúlveda (segment "La Otra") - Alicia MoredaAlicia MoredaAlicia Moreda Tuya , was a soap opera actress, a natural comedian, and a pioneer in Puerto Rico's television.-Early years:...
- Gladys RodríguezGladys RodríguezGladys Rodríguez born June 4, 1943 in Santurce, Puerto Rico, is an actress, comedian and television host.-Early years:Rodríguez was born in Santurce, a section of San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico. Her parents moved to New York City when she was still a child. In New York, she received her...
- Annette (segment "Entre Doce Y Una"), Marie (segment "La Otra") - Esther SandovalEsther SandovalEsther Sandoval was an actress and a pioneer in Puerto Rico's television.-Early years:Sandoval was born Esther Maria Gonzalez in Ponce where she received her primary and secondary education...
- Old Prostitute (segment "La Gran Noche") - Miguel Ángel SuárezMiguel Angel SuarezMiguel Ángel Suárez was a Puerto Rican soap opera and movie actor.-Early years:Suárez and his sister were born into a middle class family and raised in the Santurce section of San Juan, Puerto Rico. His father worked at a local supermarket and his mother was a housewife. When Suárez was a child,...
- Arnaldo's brother (segment "Dios Los Cría"), New Boss (segment "La Otra") - Luis VeraLuis VeraLuis Vera is a Venezuelan football midfielder for Caracas FC and Venezuela. He is nicknamed "El Pájaro".Vera has played club football for Minervén, Zulia, Caracas FC and Monagas....
- Otilio WarringtonOtilio WarringtonOtilio Warrington, known popularly as Bizcocho is a comedian, best known for his roles of "Bizcocho" and "Cuca Gómez".-Early years:...