The Stork Said Yes

La cigüeña dijo ¡Sí!
Film poster
Directed by	Enrique Carreras
Written by	Alejandro Casona based on a Carlos Llopis play.
Produced by	Nicolás Carreras, Luis Carreras y Enrique Carreras
Starring	Lola Membrives Tomás Blanco Esteban Serrador Susana Campos
Cinematography	Alfredo Traverso
Edited by	José Gallego
Music by	Vlady
Distributed by	Productora General Belgrano
Release date	April 22, 1955 (1955-04-22)
Running time	72 minutes
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish

The Stork Said Yes (La cigüeña dijo ¡Sí!) is a 1955 Argentine comedy film directed by Enrique Carreras, from a script by Alejandro Casona based on a Carlos Llopis play. It stars Lola Membrives, Tomás Blanco, Esteban Serrador and Susana Campos and premiered on April 22, 1955.[1] It was the last of Lola Membrives' few incursions into cinema.[2] In 1971, Carreras remade the film based on the same play as La familia hippie, starring Palito Ortega.[3]

Plot

A mature married couple happily receives the news of pregnancy while a young couple has the disappointment of a frustrated attempt.

Cast

• Lola Membrives as Doña Antonina
• Tomás Blanco as Don Eduardo
• Esteban Serrador as Claudio
• Susana Campos as Pilar
• Hugo Pimentel as Solís
• Paquita Más as Felisa
• Delfy Miranda
• Antonio Martiánez as Dr. Fernández Pérez
• Elder Barber

Reception

The critic Manuel Rey, known as "King", said that the film was: "A successful comedy". La Nación wrote that its "festive tone is achieved with communicative grace...its light plot has counted with good effect situations."[4]

References

1. "La cigüeña dijo ¡Sí!" (in Spanish). Cinenacional.com. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
2. "Lola Membrives" (in Spanish). Cinenacional. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
3. Calistro, Mariano (1978). Reportaje al cine argentino: los pioneros del sonoro. ANESA. p. 424.
4. Manrupe, Raúl; Portela, María Alejandra (2001). Un diccionario de films argentinos (1930–1995) (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Ediciones Corregidor. p. 113. ISBN 950-05-0896-6.

External links

• The Stork Said Yes at IMDb