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Comedy In a small spanish town, a group of old ladies decide to celebrate Christmas Eve with a "Sit a poor man at your table" dinner: each wealthy household of the town will have a homeless person dining with them that night. The celebrations also include a parade, and in it we find Plácido, the humble owner of a three-wheeler, whose family is forced to live in a public lavatory because of the lack of money to pay the rent, and who has to pay ... [+]
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December 27, 2013
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Grandiosa película del maestro Luis García Berlanga, llena de sarcasmo y crítica, retratando a la perfección las distintas clases sociales que siempre ha habido en este país.

"Me río por no llorar", podría definir perfectamente la sensación que transmite la película, y es que solo el maestro Berlanga sabía mostrar los sinsabores de la sociedad española esquivando la censura dictatorial sufrida durante esta época.

Cada año por navidades la vuelvo a ver porque merece la pena.
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