El detective Cojines

  • Comedy
5/6/2011
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A good detective waits.

The story of a college professor obsessed with private eye novels who, following an accident, becomes a private investigator patterned after the movies and novels of the 40’s. Among the cases he investigates, three will come to him that will reveal a full range of intrigue and bizarre secrets.

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      • carcamuna

        I wrote the music for "El Detective Cojines" but I was also a film critic for many years. I have noticed there are no other reviews for this movie so I have decided to write my own in order to generate some interest in this great, little-known Puerto Rican comedy. The plot summary is provided elsewhere on this page so I'll just say that "El Detective Cojines" delivers on its promise to be funny. Writer-Director Radamés Sánchez has taken elements of the private eye novels by Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett plus the Spanish classic "Don Quixote" and added ample doses of raunchy Caribbean style humor to the proceedings, concocting an irresistible laugh-fest that only prudish squares will not enjoy. Jaime Hamilton (star of the Puerto Rica...

        July 1, 2016

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