

Imagine wanting to be a traffic warden. Now make it cinema.
A poor wretch dreams of becoming a traffic warden.
Acting
Aymerich's pathetic desperation as the wannabe warden
Direction
Balañà i Bonvehí's surrealist touches amid neorealism
Director
Pedro Balañà i Bonvehí
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Spain's 'desarrollismo' period, the film satirizes the new urban bureaucratic class emerging under Franco.
Director Balañà i Bonvehí was primarily a cinematographer; this was one of his rare directorial efforts.