In a
comedy of errors, down and out Juan Pérez finds
sudden fame when a fluke accident is seen as an
attempted suicide to protest against the
government and his social condition. Surrounded
by the scandal, the Ministry of Economy decides
to reward
Pérez,
giving him a little house, a car and a job. But
when other poor people find out about his
reversal of fortune, they decide to imitate him
by faking suicide attempts in different
buildings in Mexico City. The Ministry of
Economy, terrified by the plague of beggars,
decides to declare poverty a crime and hence
finish once and for all with all the poor in the
country. Pérez ends up behind bars. Three years
later, he is released and goes back to his
previous social condition, but this time, aware
of having one day as a rich man, he will do
anything to get out of his misery... And he will
manage to do so.
Director: Luis Estrada
Cast: Damian Alcazar, Cecilia Suarez, Jesús
Ochoa, Silverio Palacios, María Rojo,
Diego Luna
2006, 118
min., Mexico /
Spanish with English subtitles
