A homeless guy finds stolen cash in a fruit crate and immediately snitches to a priest. Chaos ensues.
Alfredo is a homeless man who happens upon a truck full of fruit that appears to be abandoned and takes the opportunity to eat some. Once he's satisfied his hunger, he discovers a fortune inside one of the crates. It's the loot hidden by some thieves who crash during their getaway. Frightened, he hides the money under the church statue and confesses what happened to the local priest. The situation worsens when the robbers reappear in town.
Acting
José Carlos Marrone's frantic physical comedy as clueless Alfredo.
Direction
Cahen Salaberry's tight farce pacing in just 70 minutes.
Director
Enrique Cahen Salaberry
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This Argentinian-Spanish co-production captures 1960s Iberian working-class comedy, where poverty was played for laughs with surprisingly sharp social observation.
Director Enrique Cahen Salaberry was a prolific genre-hopper who made over 40 films in 25 years, mostly forgotten gems like this one.
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