Text: A film to watch over and over again, and each time new things are discovered, in the form of details that are born naturally from the story but make us laugh at their bizarreness. A caustic critic of the death penalty released in 1963, when death penalty and censorship still existed in Spain under the Franco's dictatorship. Only a waste of imagination and skill made it possible for this film to survive to this day. Typical of Berlanga is an ensemble cast, which gives rise to tragic and comic situations where at times one does not know whether to laugh or cry. Cinematographer Tonino Delli Colli (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo and La vita è bella) does a great job behind the camera.
A guy that could be yourself gets trapped by his own destiny and falls driven by people around him into a spiral of bad luck until the end, where we find a memorable scene both hilarious and terribly sad.
In summary, here we have a masterpiece of Spanish cinema and probably one of the best films internationally. It's a shame that so few people have seen it. If it had more votes it would probably make it into the top 250 of the IMDb.
A guy that could be yourself gets trapped by his own destiny and falls driven by people around him into a spiral of bad luck until the end, where we find a memorable scene both hilarious and terribly sad.
In summary, here we have a masterpiece of Spanish cinema and probably one of the best films internationally. It's a shame that so few people have seen it. If it had more votes it would probably make it into the top 250 of the IMDb.