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La vaquilla (1985)

La vaquilla poster
Directed by
Luis García Berlanga
Genre
comedy film
Country
Spain
Runtime
2h 02m
Rated
12
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 68 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

During the Spanish Civil War, a group of Republican soldiers tries to steal a heifer from the Nationalist side to have a feast. The plan leads to a series of comic misunderstandings and close calls.

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What happens

La vaquilla (English: The Heifer) is a 1985 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Luis García Berlanga. It was the first comedy made about the Spanish Civil War and the highest-grossing Spanish film in Spain at the time surpassing Los santos inocentes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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