The Day of the Bricklayers (1982)
At the local construction site, love and drama go hand in hand. Action, comedy, drama and sex are all in the mix in this very sexy/comedy starring some of the icons of this "sexy era" of the Mexican cinema.
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Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
"El Dia de los Alabañiles" is among the most popular movies from the "fiecheras" era. The movie represents everything that made that era a step backwards in Mexican cinema. We get albures, gratuitous nudity, vulgar dialogs, and infame performances.Alfonso Zayas and "Pirruris" steal the show with their comedic skills and albures abilities. Those guys are something...The movie is a social criticism against the labor class that always gets discriminated by their bossess and the economic problems of Mexican society. The problem with the movie is that it's too vulgar to be considered as a serious movie; and it tries to criticize "important" issues in a vulgar manner that will make you think that this is total crap.Also, the production values are poor, extremely poor.I suggest you to watch this movie if you can take extremely, tasteless low budget. Or, you can watch it to understand the "vibe" and modus operandi of the lower, lower class of Mexican society.
During the eighties, in Mexico we had a very sad and depressing film industry. In that time, the most popular pictures were either about "ficheras" (that can be roughly translated as whores) or about "albures" (an albur is a word game of sexual implications). "El Dia de los Albañiles" portraits a group of impossible characters, ranging from the incompetent workers to those who are plain thieves. A few nude scenes are included on the movie, this scenes have nothing to do with the plot, but were almost a requirement for Mexican movies of the mid eighties. Of course, in the worst Mexican movie tradition, the heroes are the poorest characters, and their boss is, of course, the villain. This picture must not be mistaken with "Los Albañiles", which is based on a novel by Vicente Leñero.