"Total" opens the trilogy that close "Amanece que no es poco" and "Así en el Cielo como en la Tierra" Year 2598. Three days ago, the world has come to the end in London, a lost and a small Castilian village atmosphere. Lorenzo, a shepherd, tells a series of extraordinary events that have been announcing the end of the world: the cows want to go to school, walls crumble, or Doña Paquita appears in the most unexpected places ..
Acting
Agustín González delivers apocalyptic news like he's counting sheep.
Direction
Cuerda treats the end of days with Spanish village nonchalance.
Writing
Cows demanding education: peak Iberian surrealism.
Director
José Luis Cuerda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Cuerda's 'Apocalyptic Castilian Trilogy' — Spain's answer to deadpan doom.
Chus Lampreave became Pedro Almodóvar's muse after this; her blank stare here is weaponized.
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