You're Missing the Point

You're Missing the Point
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJuan Bustillo Oro
Screenplay byHumberto Gómez Landero
Juan Bustillo Oro
Produced byJesús Grovas
StarringCantinflas
Joaquín Pardavé
Sara García
Sofía Álvarez
Dolores Camarillo
CinematographyJack Draper
Edited byMario González
Juan Bustillo Oro
Music byRaúl Lavista
Production
company
Grovas-Oro Films
Release date
  • 11 September 1940 (1940-09-11)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

You're Missing the Point, or Ahí está el detalle (Spanish, 'There's the rub', literally 'There lies the detail')[1][2][3][4][5] is a 1940 Mexican comedy film starring Cantinflas. It was produced by Jesús Grovas and directed by Juan Bustillo Oro, who also co-wrote the screenplay. The film also features Joaquín Pardavé, Sara García, Sofía Álvarez, and Dolores Camarillo. It was the twelfth film in Cantinflas's career, considered one of his best by Mexican film critics, as well as one of Mexico's best films.[6]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Carlos Toussaint.

  1. ^ "You're Missing the Point (1940) directed by Juan Bustillo Oro". Letterboxd. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  2. ^ "CineClub México: Ahí está el detalle (You're Missing the Point)". Cine Las Americas. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  3. ^ "You're Missing the Point (1940)". MUBI. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  4. ^ Schroeder Rodríguez, p. 99
  5. ^ Rodríguez-Hernández & Schaefer, p. 6
  6. ^ "Peliculas del cine mexicano - Ahí está el detalle (1940)". Más de Cien años de Cine Mexicano. Archived from the original on 1 July 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2013.