A chaotic cousin crashes a stuffy mansion and upends every rule—Franco-era Spain never saw this coming.
In an Andalusian village lives a rich and austere family whose son and heir worries his mother about his dissolute lifestyle. When cousin Consolation arrives, she changes their life like a joyful genius, and things start to change.
Acting
Rosita Díaz Gimeno's tornado energy as Consolación—pure infectious anarchy.
Production
Andalusian mansion as character: every gilded room screams repression.
Director
Fernando Delgado de Lara
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the Spanish Civil War's final months; the film's escapist joy now reads as desperate denial.
Rosita Díaz Gimeno became a Republican exile shortly after—her Consolación feels like a farewell to Spanish cinema.
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