The Games Men Play (1963)

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Country: Argentina, France
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1963-05-06
Director: Daniel Tinayre
Writers: Eduardo Borrás , Dante Sierra , Daniel Tinayre
Language: Spanish
Stars: Maria Antinea , Amelia Bence , Elsa Daniel , Mirtha Legrand , Malvina Pastorino , José Cibrián , Narciso Ibáñez Menta , Ángel Magaña , Luis Sandrini , Enrique Serrano
Runtime: 92 min
Awards: 1 nomination
AKA: Kærlighedshotellet (Denmark) , La Cigarra no es un bicho , Kärlekshotell (Finland) , L'amour en quarantaine (France, French Republic) , Vierzig Nächte voll Tücke und Sex , Amore in quarantena (Italy) , The Games Men Play (United States of America) , The Cicada Is Not an Insect , La Cigarra no es un bicho (Argentina) , Rakkauden hotelli (Finland) , A Cigarra não é um Bicho (Brazil)
Plot: Six heterosexual couples (a taxi driver and his wife; a billionaire and his well-known model lover; a retired musician and his maid; two journalists; a ventriloquist and a school teacher, and a young couple in their wedding night) arrive at La Cigarra, a love hotel in Buenos Aires, and end up in quarantine when a French sailor who arrived earlier with a prostitute has brought the bubonic plague to the place, causing all kinds of inconveniences and entanglements among the guests, the personnel and the persons outside, including relatives, friends, pupils and the press.
IMDB:tt0057949