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Netflix Adds 35 Cantinflas Films to Its Catalog
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Netflix Adds 35 Cantinflas Films to Its Catalog

From El Deber · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Netflix has added 35 films by Mexican comedian Mario Moreno, known as Cantinflas, to its catalog, with availability listed through March 2027.
  • The selection includes films such as “The Unknown Policeman,” “The Bolero of Raquel,” “The Extra” and “The Priest.”
  • Moreno made nearly 50 films, became a major figure of Mexico’s Golden Age of cinema and won a Golden Globe for “Around the World in 80 Days.”

“Attention, buddy! The great Cantinflas films are now available on Netflix,” the platform announced as it added 35 movies from the legacy of Mexican comedy star Mario Moreno, better known as Cantinflas.

The selection includes “The Unknown Policeman,” “The Bolero of Raquel,” “The Extra,” “The Priest,” “His Excellency” and “The Illiterate.” It spans Moreno’s first successes in the 1940s through his final production in 1982. The films are expected to remain available until March 2027.

According to calculations by Sensacine, watching all 35 titles would take 3,964 minutes, or roughly 66 hours and four minutes. That gives viewers the option of spending more than two and a half days watching Moreno’s films without interruption.

Moreno Reyes, who lived from 1911 to 1993, made nearly 50 films and became one of the defining faces of Mexico’s Golden Age of cinema. His character, Cantinflas, also gave Spanish the verb “cantinflear,” which the Royal Spanish Academy uses for speaking in a disjointed and incoherent way without saying anything substantial.

His career also reached Hollywood. He appeared in “Around the World in 80 Days” in 1956 and won a Golden Globe for best actor in a comedy or musical.

Attention, buddy! The great Cantinflas films are now available on Netflix.

— NetflixThe streaming platform used the announcement to promote the addition of 35 films.
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