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The Fungi Man is a film of genre Drama directed by Roberto Gavaldón with Adolfo Marsillach

The Fungi Man (1976)

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Length 1h50
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Historical,    Romance
Rating58% 2.9012152.9012152.9012152.9012152.901215

El hombre de los hongos (English: The Man of the Mushrooms) is a 1976 Mexican drama film based on the novel of the same name by Sergio Galindo.

Synopsis

The story unfolds in a family of landowners from the colonial era, which owns a sugar plantation on the edge of the jungle. While hunting in the forest one day, the father, Don Everardo, discovers a young black orphan by the river. He leads the child to his great farm and call him Gaspar. Friendly and intelligent, the boy quickly becomes a new member of the family. He plays with his son, Sebastian and his two daughters, Emma and Lucilla, as if they were his own sisters. In a separate story, this family takes fine dining. One of his favorite mushroom dishes are prepared with an old family recipe from Spain. The family discovers if the mushroom is edible collected getting a volunteer to eat a few first. If voluntary collapses and dies, then the family does not serve mushrooms in the party.

Actors

Adolfo Marsillach

(Everardo / father)Isela Vega

(Elvira / Mother)Philip Michael Thomas

(Gaspar / Adopted boy)Sandra Mozarowsky

(Emma / daughter)Ofelia Medina

(Lucila / daughter)
And :
Fernando Allende
Josefina Echánove
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