In a restaurant they're preparing a grand banquet in honor of a sports association of anglers, but several circumstances seem to have conspired to boycott the event.
Acting
Héctor Alterio's frantic dignity in total collapse.
Direction
García Sánchez orchestrates escalating dinner-party disaster.
Writing
Franco-era satire thinly veiled as fish-obsessed farce.
Director
José Luis García Sánchez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Spain's transition to democracy, the film uses petty bureaucratic chaos to satirize lingering authoritarian structures without explicit political statements that would trigger censorship.
The film's Spanish title 'La trucha' became slang in some regions for any elaborate plan destined to collapse spectacularly.
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