Calabacitas tiernas (1949)

Calabacitas tiernas: Directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares. With Germán Valdés, Rosita Quintana, Nelly Montiel, Jorge Reyes. “Tin Tan” plays a broke man, who is trying to put a musical show to pay his debts.

“Like other Mexican masters of humor (for example, Cantinflas), Germán Valdés created Tin Tán with a strong feeling of a unique personality and original language. He came from a family of comedians very famous in movies and TV (he is brother of Ramón Valdés and Manuel u0026quot;Locou0026quot; Valdés). Tin Tán incarnated the figure of 1940su0026#39; pachuco, young Mexican American guys, with strong feelings for his roots (music, dancing) that returned to Mexico and find a country distant to them in customs and rhythm of life. u0026quot;Calabacitas tiernasu0026quot; was one of the first works in the vertiginous career of Valdés, so it is one of the most representative examples of what we will find in his later works: co-working with his brothers, beautiful women, a story around the show business, problems with the police, characteristic music and dancing, references to cinema, mentions of Mexican culture topics and identity confusions.”