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Humberto Gómez-Landero wrote and directed this generally effective satire about marital relationships that has a universal application. Top Mexican stars Julio Alemán and Sonia Furio, among others, bring a liveliness and vivid quality to their roles as beleaguered spouses. At issue is the traditional battle of the sexes over who is the real boss at home and who takes the orders. This brings in a variety of marriage problems and special challenges in handling them. In one instance, Furio has to transform herself from a paragon of motherhood to a slinking seductress, the two opposite and in this case, exaggerated extremes of demanding wifely roles.