''Las Muñecas que hacen ¡pum!'' (''The Dolls that go Boom!'') is a 1979

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film directed by

Gerardo Sofovich Gerardo Andrés Sofovich (March 18, 1937 – March 8, 2015) was an Argentine businessman, dramaturge, television host and presenter, comedian, scriptwriter, and director. He was the producer of '' Polémica en el bar'' and ''La noche del Domin ...

. The plot concerns two rival international organisations, one of which employs

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used as

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s. The dolls are programmed to explode when the victim has sex with them.

Reception

The film was released in an era when there was little sexual censorship of comedies in Argentina. Complaints were largely absent despite it being heavily advertised. However, in neighbouring Peru, there were street protests against the film leading to its banning as a "moral danger" to children. The film was criticised by socialists for acting as an

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for the military dictatorship, as was Sofovich in general.Pablo Vasco
"Sofovich, del sel y la mujer-objeto"
''Alternativa Socialista'', p. 13, 26 March 2015.

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* 1979 films Argentine adventure comedy films 1970s Spanish-language films 1970s Argentine films Argentine crime comedy films {{1970s-Argentina-film-stub