One unlucky day, a married couple with four children get an eviction notice: the building they live in is to be demolished. The family looks desperately for a new home, which is no easy task in Madrid in the fifties.
Acting
María Rosa Salgado's desperate mother will wreck you.
Direction
Nieves Conde balances satire and tragedy like a tightrope.
Director
José Antonio Nieves Conde
María Rosa Salgado
Marta
José Marco Davó
Fulgencio
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Evaristo González
Francisco Camoiras
Obrero solidario
Pedro Beltrán
Felipe
Julio Sanjuán
Borracho
Manuel de Juan
Tabernero
Manuel Alexandre
Limpiabotas
Francisco Bernal
Sereno
Fernando Sancho
Jiménez
Félix Fernández
Señor Madruga
José María Lado
Don Fernando
Mercedes Muñoz Sampedro
Daniela
Mari Carmen G. Alonso
Martita
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Spain's 'developmentalism' era, the film was initially censored for exposing poverty under Franco — then celebrated abroad as neorealist genius.
Fernando Fernán Gómez's Evaristo became the archetype of the Spanish everyman crushed by systems he can't comprehend — still referenced in modern Spanish cinema.
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