
If you have ever wanted to watch Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy stumble through Spanish sentences they clearly did not understand, this is your lucky day. It is a weirdly charming watch for film history nerds, but if you hate slow pacing and awkward pauses, stay far away. 🍿 Basically, Los presidiarios is just the Spani...
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"If you have ever wanted to watch Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy stumble through Spanish sentences they clearly did not understand, this is your lucky day. It is a weirdly charming watch for film history nerds, but if you hate slow pacing and awkward pauses, stay far away. 🍿 Basically, Los presidiarios is just the Spanish version of their first feature, Pardon Us. Back in 1931, they did not dub movies for foreign markets. Instead, they just shot the whole thing again with the actors reading phon..."

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