Teodoro, a Spanish engineer working as a professor in the United States, returns to Spain to enjoy a sabbatical year.
Writing
Rafael Azcona's script is gloriously unhinged.
Acting
Manuel Alexandre's deadpan Paquito steals every scene.
Director
José Luis Cuerda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This captures 1980s Spain's tension between modernization and rural tradition—Franco's ghost lingers in every absurd village ritual.
Cuerda and Azcona fought over the ending; the compromise shot multiple versions, and this theatrical cut was chosen by a coin flip allegedly.
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