Spain, late 19th century. When, in a time of great political instability, Flora, a beautiful young woman, starts working in a ministry doing a job that supposedly only a man can do, a great scandal breaks out.
Acting
Analía Gadé's Flora weaponizes charm like a deployed missile.
Writing
Based on a play — every scene is a perfectly timed grenade.
Director
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Franco's Spain, this was stealth feminist agitation disguised as crowd-pleasing comedy.
Fernando Fernán Gómez was blacklisted by Francoist censors multiple times — this film's survival is miraculous.
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