El Pisito (1960)

Original title

El pisito

Directed by

Marco Ferreri

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 18m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple in 1950s Madrid cannot afford to marry because they have no home. They scheme for the man to marry the woman's elderly landlady so they can inherit her apartment.

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What happens

El Pisito is a 1959 Spanish black comedy film directed by Marco Ferreri. The Spanish Ministry of Culture forced the producers to sign the film as co-directed by Spaniard Isidoro M. Ferry. It was co-written by famous Spanish screenwriter Rafael Azcona, who collaborated with Ferreri throughout his career. The film was starred by Spanish actor José Luis López Vázquez in his first leading role. The film depicts widespread poverty in 1950s Madrid. A long-term couple feels unable to marry, because they can not afford the acquisition of a home. They decide that the man will enter a marriage of convenience with the woman's elderly landlady, in hopes of inheriting the lease of the landlady's property. The film was a huge flop when it was released in Spain, but nowadays is a cult classic. The film had troubles with Spanish censorship. In the film, Marco Ferreri and Carlos Saura appear in cameos. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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