''Mansacue'' is a 2008 Chilean

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Marco Enríquez-Ominami Marco Antonio Enríquez-Ominami Gumucio (born 12 June 1973) is a Chilean- French, filmmaker, politician, and perennial candidate. From 2006 to 2010 he was a Socialist Party deputy in Chile's lower chamber. In 2009 he quit the party and ran for ...

and written by Yusef Rumie. It has a choral cast headed by Cristián Riquelme, Dayana Amigo, Luis Dubó, Patricio Strahovsky, Carolina Oliva, Fernando Gómez Rovira, Claudia Pérez and

Mauricio Pesutic Mauricio Santiago Pešutić Pérez (born May 3, 1948) is a Chilean actor with a long career on TV soap operas, film and theatre. He studied Drama and Film Direction at the Catholic University of Chile. He also wrote and directed 3 short films i ...

. It is based on the television series ''La vida es una lotería'' by TVN. It premiered on April 24, 2008, in Chilean theaters.

Synopsis

In the first story, an

upper-class Upper class in modern societies is the social class composed of people who hold the highest social status. Usually, these are the wealthiest members of class society, and wield the greatest political power. According to this view, the upper cla ...

couple loses a winning Kino ticket and must track it down to the wallet of a drunk from the fringes. In the second, a

geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the structure, composition, and History of Earth, history of Earth. Geologists incorporate techniques from physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, and geography to perform research in the Field research, ...

and his girlfriend must keep their fortune a secret to avoid the wrath of the inhabitants of a town where everything is shared.

Cast

The actors participating in this film are:

El vuelo de KINO

* Cristián Riquelme as House Buyer 1 *

Sigrid Alegría Sigrid Alegría Conrads (born 18 June 1974) is a Chilean film and television actress. Alegría began her acting debut in the Televisión Nacional de Chile, TVN soap opera ''Borrón y cuenta nueva (TV series), Borrón y cuenta nueva'' in 1998, pl ...

as House Buyer 2 * Luis Dubó as Brito * Carolina Oliva as Paola * Fernando Gómez-Rovira as Eric * Ana Reeves as Denizen *

as Sergio *

Alejandro Trejo Alejandro Edmundo Trejo Zapata (born 8 August 1959) is a Chilean theater, television, and voice actor. He is best known for 2001's '' A Cab for Three'', for which he received Best Actor awards at the Cinemanila and Gramado film festivals. Biog ...

as Denizen 1 * Juan Alcayaga as Denizen 2 * Peter Rock as Detective * Claudia Pérez as The Girl

Miti - Mota

* Dayana Amigo as Tere Sánchez * Cristián Riquelme as Mario Restovic * Teresa Hales as Store Clerk * Luis Dubó as Juanito * Julio González Littin as Julio * Patricio Strahovsky as Soldier * Teresa Münchmeyer as Juanito's mother * Vladimir Huaiquinir as Cariquima's Neighbor

El banco

Karen Doggenweiler Karen Sylvia Doggenweiler Lapuente (27 August 1969) is a popular Chilean journalist and TV presenter. Biography Doggenweiler is the daughter of Félix Doggenweiler Heim, of Switzerland, Swiss-Germans, German descent and Silvia Lapuente, of Sp ...

as Bank Clerk * Daniel Vilches as Bank Customer

Production

Principal photography Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as the ...

took place between 2005 and 2006 in Cariquima and La Pincoya,

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...

Reception

''Mansacue'' in its 6 weeks in theaters attracted 8,234 viewers, collecting $20,249,120 Chilean pesos.

References

External links

* 2008 films 2008 comedy films Chilean comedy films 2000s Spanish-language films Films set in Chile Films shot in Chile Films about lotteries Films about social class Films based on television series 2000s Chilean films {{2000s-comedy-film-stub