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- DirectorJuan Antonio BardemLuis García BerlangaStarsFernando Fernán GómezElvira QuintilláFélix FernándezGood-for-nothing Juan marries Carmen to begin suffering what he thinks her and their friends' scorn at his proven inability to make a living, until he's lured to an apparent sound business that will for sure make them rich.
- DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsLolita SevillaManolo MoránJosé IsbertAfter finding out that North American people are visiting the Spanish villages, the citizens of Villar del Río start preparing themselves to welcome them when they arrive.
- DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsJosette ArnoJorge VicoJulia Caba AlbaAt the beginning of the 20th century a young girl accompanied by her parents goes to a beach to find a suitable fiancé. Her mother would rather see her marry an older engineer, but the girl falls in love with Enrique, a student of her age, who need to prepare his exams.
- DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsEdmund GwennValentina CorteseJuan CalvoProfessor Jorge Serra Hamilton, an American atomic-bomb specialist, flees from his transcendental duties to take shelter incognito in Calabuch, a small, idyllic Spanish village on the Mediterranean shores. Oblivious to their guest's eminence, local residents spend their time engaged in their modest daily chores. The affable Professor Hamilton not only integrates perfectly into the small town, forging deep friendships with his neighbors, but he might also be finding the happiness he craves.
- DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsRichard BasehartJosé IsbertPaolo StoppaIn the village of Fuentecilla is a medicinal spa which was very popular in the past but has now been forgotten by the public. To bring back the tourists, the "prominent men" of the village organize a fake miracle: the apparition of San Dimas, the local patron saint, which will take place every Thursday night. At first it works, but trouble begins when a stranger appears, claiming that he knows what's going on and making peculiar demands in exchange for his silence.
- DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsCassenJosé Luis López VázquezElvira QuintilláIn a small Spanish town, a group of old ladies decides to celebrate Christmas Eve with a "seat 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 its midst is Plácido, the humble owner of a three-wheeler, whose family is forced to live in a public lavatory because they lack the money to pay rent, and who must pay the second bill on his vehicle before midnight or else he will lose it.
- DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsNino ManfrediEmma PenellaJosé IsbertAn undertaker marries an old executioner's daughter and must continue his father-in-law's profession after his retirement, although he doesn't like it.
- DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsSonia BrunoRodolfo BebánAna María CampoyRicardo is an executive who has great success with women and behaves almost like a play-boy. His wife, Carmen, an attractive housewife without children, it feels ignored by him and seeks solace from her mother, who proposes Carmen a change in the way she acts in order to do not lose permanently her husband or even fall into madness.
- DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsJosé Luis López VázquezLaly SoldevilaJosé María PradaLeo travels with his mother to a touristic Mediterranean spot in order to marry his girlfriend Loli. However, the funny and open minded girls from Northern Europe make Leo reconsider his plans.
- DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsMichel PiccoliValentine TessierRada RassimovMichel is a middle aged man with a troubled marriage. He feels lonely, has been unfaithful to his wife Isabelle in various occasions, and despite she seems to accept this situation, they both grow apart. Eventually Michel falls in love with the most unexpected "perfect woman": a mannequin.
- DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsRafael AlonsoLuis EscobarAntonio FerrandisJaume Canivell, Catalan manufacturer of mechanical porters, accompanies his lover on a hunt to relate to important people. The farm where it is organized is full of strange characters.
- DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsLuis CigesLuis EscobarAgustín GonzálezSecond installment of the saga of the Leguineche's preceded by "The National Shotgun" and completed by "National III". After the death of Franco (1975) and the restoration of the monarchy, the Marquis of Leguineche returns to his palace in Madrid. After thirty years of voluntary exile in his farm in Los Tejadillos, he intends to approach the King to resume the court life of yesteryear. However, it is not so easy to access to the Royal Family.
- DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsLuis CigesLuis EscobarAgustín GonzálezAfter being forced to sell his palace, the Marquis of Leguineche moved to an apartment with his son Luis José, his faithful servants and Father Calvo. When the father of Luis José dies, leaving his entire fortune to Chus, the daughter of the Marquis, the Leguineche family go to Extremadura to attend the funerals and promote the reconciliation of the couple. Achieved this purpose, they sell their properties and returns to Madrid. Then begins an odyssey to evade paying taxes. After several failed attempts, they decide to do so, using the special train of pilgrims going to Lourdes. Achieved their goal, the Leguineche are installed in Biarritz, but the electoral victory of the French Socialist Party forces them to repeat the same operation, but this time towards Miami.
- DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsAlfredo LandaGuillermo MontesinosSantiago RamosA platoon of mismatched soldiers crosses the front-line to steal the bull that the enemy is to fight on the village's patron-saint's day. In addition to ruining the nationals' celebration, they want to butcher the animal to feed their famished troops. They get caught in the procession and must go through a series of funny and not-so-funny incidents before they can return to their side.
- DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsLuis EscobarFernando Fernán GómezVerónica ForquéA peculiar family who owns a nougat factory decides to set out on a trip to Madrid to advertise their products in a Food Fair. Besides the disapproval from the family head and company founder, events are not as expected.
- DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsJosé SazatornilJosé SacristánAgustín GonzálezIn the celebration of the International Day of the Political Prisoner, the victims of the Franco repression convene in the Model Prison of Valencia. Among them are parvenus, mafiosi, bankers, and a communist priest, with two separate objectives.
- DirectorLuis García BerlangaStarsMichel PiccoliConcha VelascoAmparo Soler LealThe frustration and vital weariness of Michel des Assantes, a prestigious plastic surgeon in Paris, is unbearable: he has a wife whom he does not love, a son who is foreign to him and friends whom he despises but, at the same time, he is incapable of taking his own life. One day, he buys a bike from a bizarre cyclist who was to make the Paris-Timbuktu route and sets out to make the journey: then, Timbuktu becomes for him the Promised Land.