Corporación Nacional Cinematográfica (CONACINE) Dasa Films
Release date
1974 (1974)
Running time
127 minutes
Country
Mexico
Language
Spanish
Tívoli is a 1974 Mexican
comedy-drama film directed by
Alberto Isaac and starring
Alfonso Arau,
Pancho Córdova,
Lyn May and
Carmen Salinas. Loosely based on the true story of the last days of the Tívoli, an infamous
variety theatre which had its heyday in the 1940s and early 1950s in
Mexico City, the film, as its opening text claims, rather than give an historical account, aspires to evocate, in a nostalgic and humorous way, the atmosphere of the lively nightlife of that period, "which has disappeared forever." Interweaved with
burlesque performances with colorful costumes and sets, seductive
stripteases and comedic variety acts, the film's main plot tells how a plan to tear down the theater by politicians, city officials, and property developers is met with resistance by the entertainers.[1][2]