No Returns Accepted (Instructions Not Included) is a film co-written, directed and starring the versatile Mexican actor Eugenio Derbez. The film was released in 2013 and marked his debut as a director and, after its premiere, it became the highest grossing Mexican film worldwide.
This film combines comedy and drama, at the same time that it portrays the maturing process of a man who is terrified of commitment. The film also reveals great life lessons. But what does that tape have? What is the secret of your success? What lessons can we learn from it?
Summary of the movie
Valentín is a man who lives in Acapulco. From a very young age, his father wanted to instill in him the courage to face life's problems and overcome fears big and small. However, the lessons of his father did not help him much, because Valentin is a man who has a fear of commitment.
One day, Julie, one of the women who have been part of her life, knocks on her door to give her a little girl just a few months old, who is the daughter of Valentin. The woman abandons the little girl and leaves her in the care of her father.
Faced with this fact, Valentine wants to return the girl to her mother. To do this, he begins a trip to Los Angeles, where he suspects that Julia works. After a series of unforeseen events, related to the crossing of borders, Valentin arrives with his daughter at the hotel where Julia supposedly works. The protagonist does not know the language, so he does not understand very well with the hotel employees. There, one of the managers ends up offering him a job so that he can support his daughter.
Seven years later, Valentín's life has changed and he has a job as a stuntman in the world of cinema. So his life has improved considerably and he lives with his daughter in a decent house.
For her part, Maggie does not know her true story, Valentine has been in charge of telling her another version of events and the girl believes that her parents were married and that her mother, in fact, has traveled the world to carry out peace missions.
One day, Valentine does a casting in order to find an actress who pretends to be Julie and thus make her daughter happy. However, Julie reappears with the purpose of meeting Maggie.
From that moment, the relationship between father and daughter is no longer the same, as the girl discovers the lies that her father has told her throughout her life. Julie takes Valentine to court to get the girl back, and he does everything he can to avoid losing Maggie, even changing jobs.
Later, the judge determines that Maggie's custody should go to Valentine. But Julie, far from conforming, asks for a paternity test in which it is discovered that Valentin is not the girl's real father. However, Maggie is determined to spend her life with the man who raised her and together they return to Mexico.
Finally, Julie travels to Acapulco to spend time with her daughter. Until, due to heart failure, the girl dies.
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Emma1629
ok gracias nomás que lo voy a traducir a español xd
Emma1629
es que era de español y me equivoqué de materia XD muchas gracias
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No Returns Accepted (Instructions Not Included) is a film co-written, directed and starring the versatile Mexican actor Eugenio Derbez. The film was released in 2013 and marked his debut as a director and, after its premiere, it became the highest grossing Mexican film worldwide.
This film combines comedy and drama, at the same time that it portrays the maturing process of a man who is terrified of commitment. The film also reveals great life lessons. But what does that tape have? What is the secret of your success? What lessons can we learn from it?
Summary of the movie
Valentín is a man who lives in Acapulco. From a very young age, his father wanted to instill in him the courage to face life's problems and overcome fears big and small. However, the lessons of his father did not help him much, because Valentin is a man who has a fear of commitment.
One day, Julie, one of the women who have been part of her life, knocks on her door to give her a little girl just a few months old, who is the daughter of Valentin. The woman abandons the little girl and leaves her in the care of her father.
Faced with this fact, Valentine wants to return the girl to her mother. To do this, he begins a trip to Los Angeles, where he suspects that Julia works. After a series of unforeseen events, related to the crossing of borders, Valentin arrives with his daughter at the hotel where Julia supposedly works. The protagonist does not know the language, so he does not understand very well with the hotel employees. There, one of the managers ends up offering him a job so that he can support his daughter.
Seven years later, Valentín's life has changed and he has a job as a stuntman in the world of cinema. So his life has improved considerably and he lives with his daughter in a decent house.
For her part, Maggie does not know her true story, Valentine has been in charge of telling her another version of events and the girl believes that her parents were married and that her mother, in fact, has traveled the world to carry out peace missions.
One day, Valentine does a casting in order to find an actress who pretends to be Julie and thus make her daughter happy. However, Julie reappears with the purpose of meeting Maggie.
From that moment, the relationship between father and daughter is no longer the same, as the girl discovers the lies that her father has told her throughout her life. Julie takes Valentine to court to get the girl back, and he does everything he can to avoid losing Maggie, even changing jobs.
Later, the judge determines that Maggie's custody should go to Valentine. But Julie, far from conforming, asks for a paternity test in which it is discovered that Valentin is not the girl's real father. However, Maggie is determined to spend her life with the man who raised her and together they return to Mexico.
Finally, Julie travels to Acapulco to spend time with her daughter. Until, due to heart failure, the girl dies.