Fernando / Miguel / Manuel are provincial men who go to the cabaret El Sultán, in Madrid (Spain), in search of the company of their hostess girls. Pepita / Patricia / Estrella are more than just prostitutes and when customers who require their services have the opportunity to meet them in the solitude of their apartments their true dimension as human beings emerges in them.
Acting
Analía Gadé's layered performance—world-weary warmth hiding sharp intelligence.
Direction
Fernando Fernán Gómez directs himself with surprising vulnerability.
Director
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during late Francoism, the film smuggles social critique through comedy—cabarets were real spaces of working-class resistance in Madrid.
Fernando Fernán Gópez and Analía Gadé were frequent collaborators; their chemistry here reportedly caused real-life romantic tension that mirrored the screen.
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