
Musicallyspeaking,thisflickcontainswhatisprobablyJoselito'sbestrendering:FranzSchubert's"AveMaria".Butyou'vegottositthroughthewholefilmbecausethiswonderfulrenditionhappensinthelastminutes.HealsosingsasnatchofMozart,butit'sobvioushelikesflamencobest.<br/> Thestory?Itbeginsassomekindof"DavidCopperfield":thewickedunclewhowhipshisnephew:aSpanishMisterMurdstone;thentheoldgovernessintearswhotellsthepoordearhe'llbesenttoaboarding-school:aSpanishPegotty.OneshouldalsonotethatJoselitoplaysarichnobleheir,acount,andthathislatedad'sbrothercovetshisfortune.<br/> ButitquicklyleavesDickensforamixtureof"AliBabaandthefortythieves"and"Snowwhiteandthesevendwarfs".Joselitoisfirstkidnappedbybadthievesbutafterwardsavedbysevengoodbrigandswhosesongrecallsthesevendwarfs'"hi!ho!"andwholiveinacaveofcourse.Besides,theyaresodirtythatJoselitoinsiststhattheyhaveabathintheriver!andthereisagrumpyoneamongthem!<br/> Borroweditstitlefromanoldeponymousmoviestarringanotherwizkid,ShirleyTemple(1935).<br/> bydbdumonteilfromimdb





