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Director: Luis García Berlanga
Writer: Juan Antonio Bardem, Luis García Berlanga, Miguel Mihura
Production: Spain, 1953
Duration: 95 minutes
Genre:
Comedy
Language:
Spanish with English subtitles
Cast:
Lolita Sevilla, Manuel Morán, José Isbert, Alberto Romea, Elvira Quintillá, Luis Pérez de León, Félix Fernández, Nicolás D. Perchicot, Joaquín Roa, Fernando Aguirre, José Franco, Rafael Alonso
Awards:
5 wins and 1 nomination including International Prize (Luis García Berlanga), and Special Mention (Juan Antonio Bardem, Luis García Berlanga, and Miguel Mihura) during the 1953 Cannes Film Festival. Also, the film won the CEC Award for Best Original Story (Luis García Berlanga, Juan Antonio Bardem, and Miguel Mihura) in the 1954 Cinema Writers Circle Awards (Spain), and the Prize of the National Syndicate of Spectacle for Best Film in both the 1953 and 1954 National Syndicate of Spectacle, Spain.
Synopsis:
The little village of Villar del Río is awaiting the song performance of Carmen Vargas, 'The Great Andalusian Star'. The quiet village is governed by a deaf, naughty and good-natured Mayor, who's only seeking the way to give life to the place. By the same time good news comes to the village: the arrival of North American high personalities that will give economical aid to the nation city by city, village by village. The Mayor doesn't know what to do to welcome them. Carmen Vargas's agent throws surprising initiatives, moving all the village people just to prepare a better reception for the foreigners. His idea is to disguise all the farmers as Andalusians and add colour to every street with typical decorations. All of them start to work, and also to dream and think about what they're going to request the Americans, who will come with lots of dollars.
Writer: Juan Antonio Bardem, Luis García Berlanga, Miguel Mihura
Production: Spain, 1953
Duration: 95 minutes
Genre:
Comedy
Language:
Spanish with English subtitles
Cast:
Lolita Sevilla, Manuel Morán, José Isbert, Alberto Romea, Elvira Quintillá, Luis Pérez de León, Félix Fernández, Nicolás D. Perchicot, Joaquín Roa, Fernando Aguirre, José Franco, Rafael Alonso
Awards:
5 wins and 1 nomination including International Prize (Luis García Berlanga), and Special Mention (Juan Antonio Bardem, Luis García Berlanga, and Miguel Mihura) during the 1953 Cannes Film Festival. Also, the film won the CEC Award for Best Original Story (Luis García Berlanga, Juan Antonio Bardem, and Miguel Mihura) in the 1954 Cinema Writers Circle Awards (Spain), and the Prize of the National Syndicate of Spectacle for Best Film in both the 1953 and 1954 National Syndicate of Spectacle, Spain.
Synopsis:
The little village of Villar del Río is awaiting the song performance of Carmen Vargas, 'The Great Andalusian Star'. The quiet village is governed by a deaf, naughty and good-natured Mayor, who's only seeking the way to give life to the place. By the same time good news comes to the village: the arrival of North American high personalities that will give economical aid to the nation city by city, village by village. The Mayor doesn't know what to do to welcome them. Carmen Vargas's agent throws surprising initiatives, moving all the village people just to prepare a better reception for the foreigners. His idea is to disguise all the farmers as Andalusians and add colour to every street with typical decorations. All of them start to work, and also to dream and think about what they're going to request the Americans, who will come with lots of dollars.
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