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The Autonomines (1983)

The Autonomines poster
Original title
Las autonosuyas
Directed by
Rafael Gil
Genre
comedy film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A comedy set in a fictional Spanish village that pokes fun at the political changes during Spain's transition to democracy. It spoofs the new autonomous regions and their perceived excesses.

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What happens

The Autonomines (Spanish: Las autonosuyas) is a 1983 Spanish comedy film directed by Rafael Gil from a screenplay by Fernando Vizcaíno Casas based on the latter's novel of the same name. It stars Alfredo Landa, María Casanova, and Manolo Codeso. The plot is set in a fictional village of Rebollar the la Mata in the Madrid mountains. The film is a neo-Francoist political satire that criticises the perceived democratic overreaches during the Transition in Spain specially focusing on the autonomous communities. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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