The Stork Said Yes

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]

La cigüeña dijo ¡Sí!
Film poster
Directed byEnrique Carreras
Written byAlejandro Casona based on a Carlos Llopis play.
Produced byNicolás Carreras, Luis Carreras y Enrique Carreras
StarringLola Membrives
Tomás Blanco
Esteban Serrador
Susana Campos
CinematographyAlfredo Traverso
Edited byJosé Gallego
Music byVlady
Distributed byProductora General Belgrano
Release date
  • April 22, 1955 (1955-04-22)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

Plot

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

Cast

Reception

The critic Manuel Rey, known as "King", said that the film was a "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.


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