You’re Missing the Point (1940) on Netflix
Cantinflas, a vagabond, sneaks into a wealthy estate to eat, where the maid Paz is his girlfriend. Caught hiding, he is passed off as the lady of the house's long-lost brother, Leonardo.
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Plot summary
Paz, who works as a maid in a wealthy household, slips kitchen scraps to her boyfriend Cantinflas, a fast-talking vagabond. When the family's prized dog turns rabid one evening, Paz refuses him food until he gets rid of the animal, and he shoots it. The household's owner, Cayetano Lastre, catches Cantinflas hiding in the shadows. To hide a visitor of her own from her jealous husband, Cayetano's wife Dolores presents the vagabond as Leonardo, her brother lost years ago. Cayetano's businesses are secretly facing bankruptcy, and the family inheritance is paid out only when all the brothers are gathered, so he pampers Cantinflas like royalty, and the vagabond plays along.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about You’re Missing the Point (1940)
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- The last scene of You're Missing the Point is drawn from true events involving the Mexican criminal Álvaro Chapa, whose case inspired the rambling speech style Mario Moreno used as Cantinflas, known as "cantinfleada".
- You're Missing the Point was shot in only three weeks, and the shoot's only troubles came from Mario Moreno improvising over a script he considered poorly written.
- Director Juan Bustillo Oro based You're Missing the Point largely on his own experience as a pro bono lawyer at the Cárcel de Belén.
- You're Missing the Point was the first feature film in which Mario Moreno, later famous as Cantinflas, played the lead role.
