La vaquilla (1985)

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

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.

lightheartedcomicalbittersweetwrysatiricalplayfulnostalgicslow-tempo

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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