The Stork Said Yes Explained

La cigüeña dijo ¡Sí!
Director:Enrique Carreras
Producer:Nicolás Carreras, Luis Carreras y Enrique Carreras
Starring:Lola Membrives
Tomás Blanco
Esteban Serrador
Susana Campos
Music:Vlady
Cinematography:Alfredo Traverso
Distributor:Productora General Belgrano
Runtime:72 minutes
Country:Argentina
Language:Spanish

The Stork Said Yes (La cigüeña dijo ¡Sí!) is a 1955 Argentine comedy film directed by Enrique Carreras, from a script by Alejandro Casona based on a Carlos Llopis play. It stars Lola Membrives, Tomás Blanco, Esteban Serrador and Susana Campos and premiered on April 22, 1955.[1] It was the last of Lola Membrives' few incursions into cinema.[2] In 1971, Carreras remade the film based on the same play as La familia hippie, starring Palito Ortega.[3]

Plot

A mature married couple happily receives the news of pregnancy while a young couple has the disappointment of a frustrated attempt.

Cast

Reception

The critic Manuel Rey, known as "King", said that the film was: "A successful comedy". La Nación wrote that its "festive tone is achieved with communicative grace...its light plot has counted with good effect situations."[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: La cigüeña dijo ¡Sí!. Cinenacional.com. 29 October 2022. Spanish.
  2. Web site: Lola Membrives. Cinenacional. 29 October 2022. Spanish.
  3. Book: Reportaje al cine argentino: los pioneros del sonoro. Calistro, Mariano. ANESA. 1978. 424.
  4. Book: Manrupe. Raúl. Portela. María Alejandra. 2001. Un diccionario de films argentinos (1930–1995). Spanish. Buenos Aires. 113. 950-05-0896-6. Ediciones Corregidor.