Stories from Madrid (1958)
- Original title
- Historias de Madrid
- Directed by
- Ramon Comas
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- Spain
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This Spanish comedy follows several people in Madrid trying to find housing. Their overlapping stories show the troubles and small joys of city life under strict social rules.
lightheartedplayfulbittersweetwryobservationaldated-societalmildly-criticalcharming
What happens
Historias de Madrid es una comedia coral española estrenada en 1958, dirigida por el debutante Ramón Comas y protagonizada por Tony Leblanc y Licia Calderón, entre otros. Consiguió el Olivo de Oro a la mejor película en el Festival Internacional del Filme Humorístico de Bordighera (Italia). El tema de fondo de la película es la problemática de la vivienda en Madrid, tema ya tratado en otros filmes coetáneos como El pisito de Marco Ferreri o El inquilino de José Antonio Nieves Conde. Dicha crítica provocó que el filme sufriera la censura franquista y el consiguiente retraso en su estreno, ya que su rodaje se produjo dos años antes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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