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El Rey de la Fiesta

  • 2021
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
93
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El Rey de la Fiesta (2021)
DramaThriller

A man going through an emotional crisis takes on the identity of his brother for a week, thinking that his twin is dead.A man going through an emotional crisis takes on the identity of his brother for a week, thinking that his twin is dead.A man going through an emotional crisis takes on the identity of his brother for a week, thinking that his twin is dead.

  • Director
    • Salomón Askenazi
  • Writers
    • Salomón Askenazi
    • Karen Chacek
  • Stars
    • Giancarlo Ruiz
    • Paulette Hernandez
    • Daniela Bascopé
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    93
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Salomón Askenazi
    • Writers
      • Salomón Askenazi
      • Karen Chacek
    • Stars
      • Giancarlo Ruiz
      • Paulette Hernandez
      • Daniela Bascopé
    • 1User review
    • 34Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Giancarlo Ruiz
    • Héctor…
    Paulette Hernandez
    Paulette Hernandez
    • Nicole
    Daniela Bascopé
    Daniela Bascopé
    • Adela
    Juan Carlos Colombo
    Juan Carlos Colombo
    • Don Nicolas
    Mar Mediante
    • Carla
    Daniel Adissi
    • Sáenz
    José Antonio Toledano
    • Sebastian
    Milly Askenazi
    • Compradora
    Isaac Cherem
    • Invitado 1
    Anahi Davila
    • Lore
    • (as Anahí Dávila)
    Giovani Florido
    Giovani Florido
    • Xavier
    Josue Guerra
    • Archie
    Ana Kupfer
    Ana Kupfer
    • Invitado 3
    Tony Marcín
    • Gloria
    Norma Reyna
    • Sra. Mary
    Ana Paula Ricalde
    • Shanti
    Antonio Salinas
    • Psicólogo
    Marcelo Tobar
    Marcelo Tobar
    • Invitado a la fiesta
    • (as Marcelo Tobar de Albornoz)
    • Director
      • Salomón Askenazi
    • Writers
      • Salomón Askenazi
      • Karen Chacek
    • All cast & crew
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    3isaacochoterena

    Poorly developed

    This is a movie with an interesting premise, but its poor development makes it very frustrating.

    The script makes this movie tedious and frustrating, since the story, despite being simple, the characters have very little development, being these the main axis of the story, making the plot unjustifiable and preventing you from worrying about this characters. The characters come to seem pretentious, capricious, hateful, selfish and not very empathetic, despite the fact that there are some scenes where they try to develop and justify their actions, where there is no dialogue and everything is very interpretive but with little context. These scenes lead nowhere and tell us nothing about the characters or what they are going through. The technical aspects of the film are well done, the photography is precise, as is the lighting, the editing is good, the sets are well built and the direction is decent, although the performances at times seem exaggerated and out of place, due to the lousy job on the script.

    The personalities of the main characters don't end up developing, this makes the whole plot pointless and very childish, the production aspects don't save the whole movie but they do make it less obnoxious, it's a shame the premise has not been exploited correctly.

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    • Trivia
      Giancarlo Ruiz plays twins in the movie and the way he prepared for the role was very methodical. He used soundtracks for each scene and each character to get in the right mood. He had a 10 step process of how Hector would become Rafael, depending on the timeline of the story he would put a number on the stage of the transformation of the character and would have a special body posture for each one.
    • Connections
      References Saturday Night Fever (1977)

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    • Release date
      • January 20, 2022 (Mexico)
    • Country of origin
      • Mexico
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • O Rei da Festa
    • Production company
      • Fosforescente
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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