The Popcorn Chronicles (Spanish: El crimen del cácaro Gumaro, lit. 'The crime of the Gumaro mite') is a 2014 Mexican parody film directed by Emilio Portes and written by Portes, Andrés Bustamante and Armando Vega Gil. The cast features Andrés Bustamante, Ana de la Reguera, Alejandro Calva, Carlos Corona and Jesús Ochoa. It premiered on March 14, 2014, in Mexican theaters.
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Synopsis
Don Toribio, knowing his death is coming calls his two sons, Gumaro and Archimboldo. Both return to Güépez (an imaginary Mexican town) to listen to their father's will. On his death bed, he stipulates that Archimboldo would keep a broken-down moving truck and that Gumaro would receive a cinema theatre, the Linterna Mújica (a pun on Lanterna Magica), provided he manages to make it profitable soon, otherwise it would pass into the hands of his older brother. The latter is preparing unfair competition in the hands of piracy. The brothers wage a mutual war that takes the town to the brink of destruction. While doing so, they pay homage to the great classics (old or recent) of Mexican Cinema.
Cast
The actors participating in this film are:
Andrés Bustamante as Don Cuino
Ana de la Reguera as Claudianita
Alejandro Calva as Archimboldo
Carlos Corona as Gumaro
Jesús Ochoa as Cochigordo
Eduardo Manzano as Don Toribio
Javier 'Chabelo' López as Himself
Jorge Rivero as Jorge the Birdwatcher
Armando Vega Gil as Bitter father
Mónica Huarte as Faulina
Marius Biegai as General Matherson
Jaime Cancino as Customer Table
Bruno Coronel as Boyfriend
Kate del Castillo as Kate / Rosario
Johanna Murillo as Orquidea
Freddy Ortega as Lawyer Freddy
German Ortega as Witness
Alberto Rojas as Lord of the Table
María Rojo as Maria cook
Carmen Salinas as Herself
José María Torre as Christ
Víctor Trujillo as Brozo
Mario Zaragoza as Castulo
Alfonso Zayas as Teporocho
Production
Principal photography began on January 14, 2013, in locations in the Federal District and in Salvatierra, Guanajuato, lasting 9 weeks.
Reception
Box-office
In its first weekend it attracted 639,060 spectators to the cinema, collecting 28,830,000 Mexican pesos. For its second weekend, it raised 38,000,000 more pesos.