(mild spoilers) A nightclub owner establishes that his younger daughters, who already have a suitor each, cannot get married before their elder sister -- who does not have a suitor and does not seem anxious to pick the first one who comes along -- does. He devises a trick to speed the process which consists in writing anonymous love letters and addressing them to the elder daughter. When a suitor comes along, she will be led to believe he was the one writing the letters, and thus presumably fall in love with him. A fortuitous incident has a dancer who had unsuccessfully sought employment at his nightclub deliver one of the letters, and thus be mistaken as the real author.
This musical comedy is partly a remake of an Argentinian movie (Los martes, orquídeas), and partly an adaptation of Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew. It's visually in very good taste, and as a narrative works fairly well. Like its primary source, it's set in Argentina, which explains the slightly more socially conservative premise of the plot, as compared to films set in the U.S. or Europe.
Rating: 51
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