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El extraño viaje (1964)

El extraño viaje poster
Directed by
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Genre
comedy film, comedy drama, crime film, crime comedy film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
15
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 50 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A black comedy drama set in a small Spanish town. It follows a shy man who lives with his overbearing sisters and becomes entangled in a mysterious plot involving murder and secrets.

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What happens

El extraño viaje (English: The Strange Journey) is a 1964 Spanish black drama film directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez. Film director Jess Franco acts as the brother of the protagonist. The film was a huge flop on its limited release due to Francoist's censorship. It was voted seventh best Spanish film by professionals and critics in 1996 Spanish cinema centenary. The film was included in a list published by Pedro Almodovar at the British Film Institute as one of the 13 great Spanish movies that inspired his career. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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