Cantinflas, the beloved and well known performer and character actor of Latin America, will be the subject of a self-titled Spanish-language biopic this summer, on Aug. 29.

The film stars Óscar Jaenada, from Barcelona, Spain, in the title role. Jaenada has starred in "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Strangers Tide," and "Che: Part Two." A new trailer was released a few weeks ago with Jaenada in the role. The reactions to the trailer have been nostalgic, and it has perhaps reopened the hearts and minds of Latin American Cantinflas fans in the U.S. and abroad.

This 2014 "Cantinflas" tells a story of Mexico's most accomplished and loved comedy film star. It is about Cantinflas' modest beginnings: from a boxer, performing on the small stage, to Hollywood, and how he became internationally famous. The film also stars Michael Imperioli from "Goodfellas," and "The Sopranos."

So far the biopic has received critically acclaimed reviews at the Cannes International Film Festival, the Huffington Post reported.

The real Cantinflas, Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes, who called himself Mario Moreno, was born on Aug. 12, 1911, in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico; then he died at 81 in his birth place on April 20, 1993. He was a talented, eager and willing Mexican comedian, producer, writer and singer. He had appeared in more than 55 films during his career. Before he landed the role that would change his life as Passepartout in "Around the World in Eighty Days," Moreno had already made some two dozen Spanish-language films.

Moreno's acting and comedic profile grew. Moreno as a comedy performer became so well known that Charlie Chaplin had cited Cantinflas as one of the best comedians alive.

It is because of his role in "Around the World in Eighty Days" that it catapulted him to international stardom and respect. Moreno won a Golden Globe for the film, and he later received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Cantinflas is born. When Moreno was a child he earned very little money from singing and dancing on the streets, but by the time he became a teenager he had run away from home to join a traveling tent show, The New York Times reported. Reportedly, one night at the traveling show he was thrust into subbing as master of ceremonies; when he went into the spotlight he suffered from stage fright, it was so impactful that it affected his speech. All of the words that he spoke came out garbled. The audience laughed at him. For Moreno this became his routine and eventually what the audience wanted to see.

By 1937, Cantinflas had married Valentina Zubareff, the daughter of the tent show's owner. By the 1940s, Cantinflas starred in his first two films, "Here's the Point" and "Neither Blood Nor Sand." Both films broke records at the box-office all over Latin America.

Cantinflas became a millionaire because of his success, but he never forgot his Mexican heritage. He became a philanthropist, and raised funds for various charities, including ones for the poor in his own country, The New York Times reported.

By 1966, Zubareff had died. Then by 1993 Moreno had died; he was survived by his son and three grandchildren. At Cantinflas' funeral, the President of Mexico at the time, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, had issued a statement that read: "Cantinflas glorified, in an exceptional manner, the wit and dignity of our people."