¿Dónde estará mi niño? (1981)

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Country: Spain
Genres: Comedy, Musical
Release: 1981-03-25
Director: Luis María Delgado
Writers: Esmeralda Adam García , Alvaro Lyon De Petri , Manuel Ruiz Castillo
Language: Spanish
Stars: Manolo Escobar , Antonio Garisa , Rafaela Aparicio , África Pratt , José Andrés , María Kosty , Adrián Ortega , Luis Barbero , Rafael Castejón , Guillermo Antón
Runtime: 87 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: ¿Dónde estará mi niño? (Spain) , ¿Dónde estará mi niño?
Plot: Manolo Escobar vehicle is an agreeable and lively musical comedy with an enjoyable love story and a lot of songs . It deals with Manolo Andújar (Manolo Escobar) is an old bachelor who does't want to marry . In addition , Manolo Andujar is a successful and famous singer who has the first pop musical chart based on national sales . Manolo lives with his daddy Sr Tano (Antonio Garisa) and his aunt Flora (Rafaela Aparicio) who urge him to engagement marriage . Andújar has a girlfriend (Africa Pratt) but Manolo stubbornly turns down the marriage . However , one day , he meets a seller named Diana (María Kosty) who attempts to speak with him , but Manolo doesn't recognises her , and she results to be an old lover with whom he had a child (José Andrés) . Later on , both of them befriend , and , subsequently , Manolo and Diana fall in love again .This is a joyful as well as entertaining Spanish musical comedy , regular but nicely realized by Luis Maria Delgado and well produced by Alfredo Fraile , an usual cameraman , and occassionally producer who financed most films starred by Manolo Escobar . This a diverting and feeling movie , though excessively sentimental , adding attractive musical numbers at charge of Manolo Escobar and in the final takes place the ordinary happy end . This is a charming story proceeded in simplicity and delicacy and the sunny , shining exteriors from Palma de Mallorca and Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain , providing a lot of chances of singing . The main role "Manolo" is played by himself in a phenomenal way , can be said that he is perfectly adequate to his measure . Of course , Manolo Escobar steals the show as a splendid singer in Spanish style . Here Manolo plays catchings songs , some of them composed by musician Gregorio Garcia Segura, such as : Morenita , No lo creas , Una hora de oro , Los que se quieren , Eres para mi ,Y no lo sabes, Rumba enamorada . He was one of the best known singers of Spanish folk songs both in Spain and internationally . There Manolo Escobar being well accompanied by a fine support cast , such as : Rafaela Aparicio, Antonio Garisa , Africa Pratt, Emilio Fornet , Fernanda Hurtado , Pepe Ruiz , Adrian Ortega , Luis Barbero, José Maria Tasso , among others.The great Manolo Escobar started playing the flute and the piano in his early years. When he was 14, he moved from Almería to Barcelona with his brothers, working as an apprentice in various trades. He began his career in show business between Badalona and Barcelona's red-light district (currently known as El Raval), with the group Manolo Escobar y sus guitarras (Manolo Escobar and his guitars) . His siblings were guitarists who accompanied him on stage at the outset of his career. His brothers Salvador and Baldomero were also in the group . Being brother of the actors Baldomero García Escobar, Juan Gabriel García Escobar, Salvador García Escobar and the composers José María García Escobar and Juan Manuel García Escobar. Later, when the group started to become successful, Juan Gabriel, another brother, joined. Juan Gabriel and sister, Maria José, would later write songs for the group . In 1959 Manolo met the German-born Anita Marx, Escobar married her. They were married in Cologne, Germany, without knowing how to speak each other's language . They were married for 53 years until his death. He adopted her daughter, Vanessa and dedicated the song "Mi pequeña flor" (My little flower) to her. In 1962, he rose to fame with Canciones by Maestro Solano , his debut in Madrid and Barcelona, and the premiere of the movie filmed in the town of Arcos de la Frontera (Cádiz) : Los Guerrilleros . He starred a lot of films as a notorious singer , such as : Me has hecho perder el juicio , Entre dos amores , Me debes un muerto , En un lugar de La Manga , Juicio de faldas , Relaciones casi públicas , El padre Manolo , Un beso en el puerto , Mi canción es para ti , Pero... ¿en qué país vivimos? , La mujer es un buen negocio , Eva, ¿qué hace ese hombre en tu cama?, Cuando los niños vienen de Marsella , Donde estará mi niño , among others . Manolo Escobar wrote and sang successful and popular songs , such as : Mujeres y vino , La Minifalda , Mi carro , Que guapa estás , Soy un hombre de campo , El Porrompompero , Ni se compra Granada . And he sang his main recording : "Y Viva España," released in 1973, sold an estimated 6 million copies, making him one of Spain's best-selling recording artists . Even after , when the copla genre's popularity was in decline, Escobar topped record sales lists, and was one of the few artists who had his own company and show. In the early 1990s, he moved into his "Porompompero" chalet in Benidorm, named after his acclaimed song. He appeared in more than 20 films and recorded almost 80 albums , 24 of which are gold records. He also had a platinum selling cassette. His best-selling album was Y viva España , which sold 6 million (10 million in subsequent official reprints) copies . It was the best-selling album in Spain from 1973 to 1992 . Escobar died of colon cancer on 24 October 2013, at the age of 82.It packs an atmospheric cinematography by John Cabrera , a British cameraman who photographed some international films , such as : Yellow Hair & the Pecos Kid , Tuareg , Hundra , Black arrow , Call of the wild , Conan , Trumphs of a man called Horse , Jaguar Lives! , Genghis Khan: The Story of a Lifetime , A man called Moon , and several others . The motion picture was middlingly directed by Luis Maria Delgado . He was son of filmmaker Fernando Delgado who directed ¨Currito De La Cruz¨ . Luis Delgado's film debut was ¨La Estrella Del Rey¨, though previously directed with Henri Decoin ¨El Deseo Y el Amor¨, with Dulio Coletti ¨Los Italianos Estan Locos¨ and with Fernando Fernán Gómez co-directed ¨Manicomio¨. Luis directed various kiddies films such as ¨Secuestro En La Ciudad¨, ¨Aventuras En Las Islas Cies¨, ¨Hamelin¨ a musical starred Miguel Rios , ¨Chispita Y Sus Gorilas¨ and ¨Loca Por el Circo¨ with Ana Belén . Luis Delgado made multitude of comedies , most of them written by playwright Juán José Alonso Millán , and mostly vehicles for known Farceurs or comedians as ¨Tip and Coll¨ in ¨Garbanza Negra Que En Paz Descanse¨ , Alfredo Landa in ¨Onofre¨ , ¨Guapo Heredero Busca Esposa¨ , ¨Cuando Cuerno Suena¨, ¨Alcalde Y Politica¨ , ¨Profesor Eroticus¨ , ¨Obsesiones De Armando¨, Paco Martínez Soria in ¨La Tia De Carlos¨ and Manolo Escabar in ¨?Donde Estará Mi Niño¿¨ . And he directed ¨Diferente¨ at his best and considered to be a real ¨Cult Movie¨. Rating : 4.5/10. Acceptable and passable , but only for Manolo Escobar fans .
IMDB:tt0081813