Alfonso Zayas Movies
- 1996
This dramatic chronicle of an immigrant's struggle to make a new life in New York City was a smash hit in its country of origin, the Dominican Republic. Amiable, big-hearted Balbuena, grieving over the recent demise of his much loved wife, decides he needs a change and so listens to the exciting pie-in-the-sky talk of his buddy Fellito who suggest that Balbuena leave the island and move to Nueba Yol (Dominican slang for the Big Apple). The widower goes up and stays with his cousin's family. Instead of finding a better life there he finds himself surrounded by grayness, uncaring bustle and society's grime. The prospect of easy money Fellito raved about is non existent for an illegal alien such as himself. Instead he finds only the most menial, lowest paying jobs available to him. Balbuena finally meets a nice woman, but ironically, she is planning to return to the Dominican Republic. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
La Cantina concerns the unusual relationship between a father and a daughter. The dad is a warm and likable man, but he has a serious alcohol problem. His daughter loves him, but is continuously frustrated by his unreliability. Things finally reach the point where the daughter moves out, but the father is surprised when she ends up staying with one of his usual drinking buddies. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
El Gato Con Gatas 2 concerns a flirtatious man who often takes abuse from his wife because of his amorous advances towards other women. He gains a greater understanding of the downside of his behavior when some of the men married to the women he has flirted with begin to take exception. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
Experience life from a variety of unique perspectives in this outlandish comedy starring legendary Mexican comedian Alfonso Zayas. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Alfonso Zayas
Victor Manuel Castro's gender bending romantic comedy Hembra o Macho stars Lorena Herrara as an exotic dancer who hires a repressed lawyer after being involved in a traffic accident. Deciding to mess with the layer because of his homophobic beliefs, the dancer begins flirting with him while pretending to be a transvestite. Sure enough, the games get more complicated when the layer begins to fall in love. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
The main character in Narcosatanicos Asesinos is Alonso, a man who has lived for 5,000 years. His longevity is due to the fact that he made a deal with Satan to live for that long, mostly so that he could have sex with as many women as possible. As the end of the contract grows closer, Satan returns to collect. Alonso sweet-talks his way into an extension, but only by agreeing to teach Satan tricks on how to pick up women. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
The mystery-comedy Los Verduleros 3 features Alfonso Zayas as Roberto, a private detective who finds success even though he rarely does anything right during the course of his investigations. The story finds Roberto on the trail of a serial killer who may claim more victims because of Roberto's haplessness. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
After losing his long-standing status as king of the cabaret by spending too much time soaking up sun on the beach, a determined former star devises an ingenious plan to reclaim his former title in a this sexy Spanish-language comedy from director Victor Manuel Castro. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Alfonso Zayas
In this wild and uninhibited comedy from Mexico, Armando (Cesar Bono), Tun Tun (Rene Ruiz), and Roberto (Alfonso Zayas) are three friends with more bluster than brains who pilot boats off the coast of Acapulco when they're not busy chasing the ladies. The three sailors find themselves in deep trouble when their friend Rosario (Rosario Escobar) picks up a suitcase for them -- it turns out the bag actually belongs to a gang of mob-connected drug dealers and is filled with money. When the pilots lose the cash, they have no choice but to outrun the crooks. Armando, Tun Tun, and Roberto hit the road for Mexico City, where they try to scrape together a living while staying on the lam. It isn't long before the mobsters are hot on their trail, but the boys are also trying to avoid the law when they discover the women who've been letting them stay at their home are actually hookers. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Pancho Medrano (Alfonso Zayas) is an attorney married to an overweight wife (Carmen Salinas), who along with their children constantly depress him. When his friend Marcelo (Armando Silvestre) announces his wedding plans, Pancho and his friend throw a bachelor party complete with booze and loose women. Sight gags, sexual innuendo, and tasteless humor abound. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Alfonso Zayas, Carmen Salinas, (more)
Gilberto Martinez Solares' cop comedy Los Verduleros 2 concerns a group of buffoonish young wannabe officers who must contend with basic training. When the most promising candidate in the school graduates, he gets a job for a wealthy man who wants him to snoop on his possibly unfaithful spouse. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
An all-star cast of popular Mexican comics appears in this uneven sex comedy. A wife paints a nude picture of her husband who suspects infidelity when he is not portrayed as being anatomically correct. A veterinarian becomes obsessed over a beautiful showgirl, and the devil emerges from hell to enjoy the earthly pleasures of bar hopping. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jorge Rivero, Sasha Montenegro, (more)
The mystery-comedy El Dia de los Albaniles 3 features Alfonso Zayas as a horny laborer who is employed rebuilding structures after an earthquake. His woman-chasing habits are curtailed when his wife gets a job at the same location. When the wife disappears, the man suspects something terrible might have happened to her and begins an investigation. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- 1987
A traveling tent show accused of being a risque cabaret is the focus of this comedy. Chief Junior (Alfonso Zayas) is the wicked land developer who tries to run the show out of town. Sexual innuendo, sight gags, and bathroom humor dominates this low-budget feature. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Alfonso Zayas, Carmen Salinas, (more)
- 1987
In this comedy sequel to the 1985 film (the original lacks the "II" in the title), Constancio (Alfonso Zayas), the male gigolo with a six-foot, four-inch tall infant son, falls afoul of the mafia when he becomes the favorite kept man of the wife of an underworld bigshot. Before long, he, the mafioso's wife, and his peculiar infant son are on the run from the bad guys. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Alfonso Zayas, Sasha Montenegro, (more)
- 1986
In this sex comedy, Beatriz (Angelica Chain) is married to Roberto (Alfonso Zayas), though theirs is not a union made in heaven. Roberto is always on the lookout for an attractive woman, which causes the expected problems in his marriage. Adding a strange undertone of the macabre is a story about a psycho on the loose who goes after hookers. Adding another layer of confusion is Beatriz' sister Juliet (Chain again), who looks just like her except for her hair color, though none of the other characters seem to notice any resemblance. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Alfonso Zayas, Angélica Chaín, (more)
- 1986
Pedro Infante, Alfonso Zayas, and Angelica Chain star in a hilarious Spanish-language send-up of the police training system inspired by the American Police Academy series. When a pair of bored, bumbling cops (Luis de Alba and Tun Tun) decide to create a police academy, the steady stream of moronic incompetents who enroll come off more like court jesters than serious-minded authority figures. As the time comes for one of the students to take his first case - the investigation of a cheating wife - the chaos that follows threatens to tarnish the image of the academy and forever change the way locals look at law enforcement. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- 1986
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In this Mexican comedy starring Alfonso Zayas, a troublemaker who has made more than his fair share of enemies in life is forced to disguise himself as a woman, a clown, and even an old man in order to elude his would-be attackers. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
