Along with last year’s Instructions Not Included, Nosotros Los Nobles (The Noble Family) was one of the biggest domestic box office successes that Mexico has ever seen.
Like the South African box office, the Mexican film circuit is dominated by Hollywood fare, but last year Nosotros Los Nobles became Mexico’s highest-grossing domestic product, outpacing the previous record-holder, 2002’s El Crimen del Amaro, starring Gael Garcia Bernal. It even outpaced Hollywood blockbusters such as Man of Steel and Pacific Rim in that territory.
A Mexican social satire, Nosotros Los Nobles is basically the story of three spoilt siblings who are cut off from the family fortune and forced to work for a living.
Patriarch, construction mogul Germán Noble (Gonzalo Vega), accidentally sees his children’s credit card statements and fakes bankrupty to teach the three a lesson.
Eldest son Javier (Luis Gerardo Mendez), is neglecting the family business in favour of his own ridiculous business ideas, while his young daughter Barbara (Karla Souza, who was also in Instructions Not Included) becomes engaged to a 40-year-old gigolo to spite her father.
Youngest son Charlie (Juan Pablo Gill), is expelled from college after having sex with the teacher and Dad is having none of it.
Emboldened by the success of the film at the Mexican box office, Netflix is eyeing the Hispanic market, adding a Spanish-language soccer comedy to its list of original series.
The streaming site has ordered the 13-episode comedy series from director Alazraki, and it should premiere next year.
Mendez will star in the as yet untitled series.
Before then though, the feel- good comedy Nosotros Los Nobles opens for a limited release in South Africa today.
The film carries an age restriction of no persons under 13 because of language and is 108 minutes long.