While drinking a beer at the Pension bar, I met an interesting man that claims to have met Mario Moreno (Cantinflas). Cantinflas is an icon of what is consider "Cine de Oro Mexicano" which took place approximately between 1920s to 1950s. Being a fan of Cantinflas and his comedy films (which half of them are in black & white), Francisco the man who claims to have met Cantinflas had my complete attention. He mention that Cantinflas was in Alicante looking for bulls to purchase which is a feasible possibility as Cantinflas did in fact have a fascination for bull fighting. With a few Jin & Tonics,a very Mexican accent and way of being, Francisco continued to imitate Cantinflas gestures as well as his peculiar ability to play with words to compose sentences that where very long but said very little. Francisco's fourth Jin & Tonic and our conversation about the great Cantinflas was interrupted by a call on his cell phone, it was the wife so he had to leave. There is that possibility that being the joker that he is Francisco could have lied to me just to pass a good time, but I enjoyed the moment and I enjoyed entertaining the idea that he did met Cantinflas.
-Alfredo Coronel
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