Los viejos somos así is a 1948 Mexican comedy-drama film directed by Joaquín Pardavé, and starring Pardavé, alongside the Aguirre sisters, Elsa Aguirre and Alma Rosa Aguirre.
Plot Lidia (Alma Rosa Aguirre) works as a cashier at a bustling urban nightclub and cabaret. Desperate to help her smooth-talking boyfriend, an irresponsible gambler who frequents fronton betting games, she secretly takes a large sum of money directly from the establishment's cash register as a loan. However, the boyfriend loses all the money at the betting tables and vanishes from the city, leaving Lidia facing professional ruin and potential legal prosecution if the deficit is uncovered.
Seeking a way to rescue her friend from impending disaster, Dalia (Elsa Aguirre), a beautiful singer and dancer performing at the same cabaret, steps in to handle the crisis. Dalia turns to Roberto (Víctor Junco), a wealthy patron, to secure an urgent financial loan to cover the register's missing funds. This arrangement inadvertently draws the attention of Don Prudencio Sarasate (Joaquín Pardavé), a highly eccentric, wealthy older man who becomes deeply infatuated with Dalia and offers financial assistance in exchange for her affection. Through a series of card-playing face-offs, escalating romantic misunderstandings, and competing male ego games between the younger suitors and the persistent older gentleman, the local cabaret becomes a stage for chaos until the debts are finally settled and the true romantic pairings are sorted out.
Cast Joaquín Pardavé as Don Prudencio Sarasate Elsa Aguirre as Dalia Alma Rosa Aguirre as Lidia Víctor Junco as Roberto Alejandro Ciangherotti as El Pelao / Carlos Conchita Gentil Arcos as Doña Eulalia Pepe Martínez as Pepe / Mesero Hernán Vera as Don Gabriel Kika Meyer as Mujer en cabaret
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