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1953

Luis García Berlanga

José Isbert, Lolita Sevilla, Manolo Morán, Alberto Romea ...

8.0

31,835

Comedy The small 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 only wants to enliven the place. By the same time, good news come 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 ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"[It] tells its story very economically (...) The perfectly controlled tone of the performances is one of subdued farce with the faintest undercurrent of bittersweetness."	POS
United Kingdom	Telegraph	"A devastating parody of Francoist mythologising of Spain as a utopia of bullfighting and flamenco, and a searing commentary on the arrogant assumptions behind American Marshall Aid, of which Spain was never a beneficiary."	POS
United States	Elliott Stein Village Voice	"Berlanga managed to challenge the Franco myth through comedy, ridiculing Spanish foibles with chaotic farces and outlandish sight gags."	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"Perhaps the first great Spanish film (...) An amazing satire of what Spain and Spanishness was reduced to during the dictatorship"	POS

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