Un macho en el salón de belleza (1987)
Un macho en el salón de belleza
Género : Comedia, Comedia
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 30M
Director : Víctor Manuel Castro
Sinopsis
Our protagonist has a stall in a market and a bride in place of meat. The butcher does not want and diamond smuggler gets him in trouble with the police. Hides in a beauty salon pretending to be gay
Nick es un seductor que intenta conseguir una cita con la joven y atractiva divorciada Suzanne. El problema es que Suzanne está atrapada trabajando en Vancouver, y además es infeliz porque está perdiendo a sus hijos. Nick ve la oportunidad de conquistarla, y se ofrece galantemente a hacer realidad los deseos de Suzanne –y los suyos al mismo tiempo– trayendo desde Portland, Oregon, a Kevin, de siete años, y a Lindsey, de once, para que se reúnan con su mamá. Lo que Nick no sabe es que los hijos de Suzanne piensan que ningún hombre es lo bastante bueno para su madre y que harán todo lo posible para convertir el viaje en una pesadilla.
En vida, había sido un hombre vanidoso y mujeriego que se había ganado el desprecio de las mujeres a las que había engañado y abandonado. Tras morir asesinado, es devuelto a la Tierra, convertido en una bella mujer, que tiene que cumplir una difícil misión: debe encontrar a una sola mujer que se enamore de él. (FILMAFFINITY)
A not so clever guy called Bertie with a Opel Manta (a low budget European sports-coupe from the '80s) gets competition in a street race from a guy with a fast Mercedes, and another slick guy with a Ferrari tries to get his hands on Bertie's girlfriend.
Un joven gay intenta irse a vivir con su novio sin que sus entrometidos padres se enteren.
Una noche de verano, Jota intenta suicidarse arrojándose al mar, pero, de repente, ve caer del cielo a una joven que ha sufrido un accidente de moto. A consecuencia del golpe la joven sufre amnesia total; ni siquiera recuerda su nombre. Jota le hace creer que se llama Lisa y que ha sido su novia durante los últimos cuatro años. Juntos se van de vacaciones al camping La Ardilla Roja, donde viven una singular historia de amor y mentiras que se ve amenazada por la presencia del temerario conductor de un coche rojo.
Summer is the time to travel, enjoy life, and do or leave what you want. A motor home with two occupants makes its way south. But the two travelers do not travel voluntarily, and certainly not together.
Alex is the perfect snapshot of misogynist some of its charm: he leaves his wife Léa. Selfish, indifferent, absent, he combines all handicaps to Léa's eyes, to end, leaves him.
Hosted by John Carradine, this tape is a compilation of scenes from and previews for various exploitation films.
Tom is a perfect macho, whose prejudices are challenged when he loses his job, his apartment and his girlfriend and has to move in into a house with three feminists. Without his knowing the three start an experiment to convert him into a sensitive person showing respect for women and her problems. Not able to pay his rent Tom is forced to earn it by doing the housework and babysitting. This helps him changing his attitudes towards women and his housemates who at first treated him indifferently, start to fall in love with him.
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Una familia está por recibir a su sobrino, diseñador de modas, pero todo se complica cuando un lechero perseguido por el esposo de su amante llega y se hace pasar por él. Pronto tendrá el cariño de todos y mayor será la confusión.
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Nick es un seductor que intenta conseguir una cita con la joven y atractiva divorciada Suzanne. El problema es que Suzanne está atrapada trabajando en Vancouver, y además es infeliz porque está perdiendo a sus hijos. Nick ve la oportunidad de conquistarla, y se ofrece galantemente a hacer realidad los deseos de Suzanne –y los suyos al mismo tiempo– trayendo desde Portland, Oregon, a Kevin, de siete años, y a Lindsey, de once, para que se reúnan con su mamá. Lo que Nick no sabe es que los hijos de Suzanne piensan que ningún hombre es lo bastante bueno para su madre y que harán todo lo posible para convertir el viaje en una pesadilla.
En vida, había sido un hombre vanidoso y mujeriego que se había ganado el desprecio de las mujeres a las que había engañado y abandonado. Tras morir asesinado, es devuelto a la Tierra, convertido en una bella mujer, que tiene que cumplir una difícil misión: debe encontrar a una sola mujer que se enamore de él. (FILMAFFINITY)
A not so clever guy called Bertie with a Opel Manta (a low budget European sports-coupe from the '80s) gets competition in a street race from a guy with a fast Mercedes, and another slick guy with a Ferrari tries to get his hands on Bertie's girlfriend.
Un joven gay intenta irse a vivir con su novio sin que sus entrometidos padres se enteren.
Una noche de verano, Jota intenta suicidarse arrojándose al mar, pero, de repente, ve caer del cielo a una joven que ha sufrido un accidente de moto. A consecuencia del golpe la joven sufre amnesia total; ni siquiera recuerda su nombre. Jota le hace creer que se llama Lisa y que ha sido su novia durante los últimos cuatro años. Juntos se van de vacaciones al camping La Ardilla Roja, donde viven una singular historia de amor y mentiras que se ve amenazada por la presencia del temerario conductor de un coche rojo.
Summer is the time to travel, enjoy life, and do or leave what you want. A motor home with two occupants makes its way south. But the two travelers do not travel voluntarily, and certainly not together.
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