Plácido (1961)
- Directed by
- Luis García Berlanga
- Genre
- Christmas film
- Country
- Spain
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rated
- KN
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 91 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Wealthy women in a Spanish town run a charity campaign for the poor at Christmas but treat them with contempt. At the same time, a poor man struggles to make a payment on his motorcycle.
satiricaldarkly comiccynicaluneasybittersweetwryprovincialsocially critical
What happens
Plácido [ˈplaθiðo] is a 1961 Spanish black comedy film directed by Luis García Berlanga. It was nominated to the Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film. It was also entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. In the film, affluent women in a provincial town organize a Christmas campaign of feeding the poor. They are actually both disgusted by the poor, and treating them as their personal possessions. Meanwhile, the impoverished owner of a motorcycle car tries to find enough money to pay for his vehicle. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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