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What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1978)

What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? poster
Original title
¿Qué hace una chica como tú en un sitio como éste?
Directed by
Fernando Colomo
Genre
drama film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
18
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman gets mixed up in a series of odd situations in Madrid. The film follows her as she navigates the city's chaos and characters.

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What happens

What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (Spanish: ¿Qué hace una chica como tú en un sitio como este?) is a 1978 comedy film directed by Fernando Colomo from a screenplay by Colomo and Jaime Chávarri which stars Carmen Maura. It helped to consolidate the comedia madrileña, or urban comedy, film trend that emerged during the Transition in Spain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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