La vida alrededor (1959)
- Directed by
- Fernando Fernán Gómez
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- Spain
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rating
- 5.6 of 10 from 7 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
A struggling lawyer in 1950s Spain uses schemes to get by with his wife. The film pokes fun at the tough times when housing and jobs were hard to find.
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What happens
La vida alrededor (English: Life Around Us) is a 1959 Spanish comedy film written, starred and directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez. The movie follows La vida por delante made by the same crew in 1958. The film is a satire about the years where housing was scarce and jobs were even scarcer, quite a contrast with the present Spain where life is easier than during the hard years when Franco ruled with an iron fist. Mr. Fernan Gomez plays Antonio, a lawyer who was not a good student and has to resort to schemes to eke a living for himself and the wife. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Toto in Madrid (1959)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.