Por mis pistolas

Por mis pistolas

Directed by Miguel M. Delgado

Produced by POSA Films

1968123 min7.7 / 10

A lighthearted adventure comedy where a bumbling apothecary stumbles into fortune and friendship through mishap and good humor in the Old West.

Fidencio Borer, an apothecary in a village on the northern border of Mexico, discovers some old title of a mine in Arizona and decides to claim them. Trying to cross the border is a border guard intercepted by exaggerating in the line of duty. On the way is captured by a tribe of Apaches and is about to be burned alive, but thanks to the Great Head Horse Lying having toothache and learns that the prisoner it can heal, ordered his release on the condition that the cure. Fidencio would take the wheel and gets the eternal friendship of the Chief apache.

Questions people ask

  • Does Por mis pistolas end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is Por mis pistolas sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.

  • Is Por mis pistolas easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Is Por mis pistolas scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Por mis pistolas violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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70/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity31

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise97

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love93

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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