LUIS GARCÍA BERLANGA. “PLÁCIDO” (1961)
CINEMA
DATE // TIME
February 11th, Tuesday 5:00 pm // February 13th, Thursday 7:00pm
DURATION // LANGUAGE
85’ // Spanish
FORMAT // GENRE
DCP // Comedy
SPACE
Golem Alhondiga Cinema
TICKET
€5 / €4 with AZ Card
In a small provincial town, a group of leisurely bourgeois ladies have the idea of organizing a Christmas campaign with the slogan ‘Have a poor person round for dinner’.
The idea is that the needy can share a Christmas Eve meal with affluent families and enjoy the warmth and kindness that they otherwise lack. Plácido has been booked to appear in a procession with his motorbike-car, but a problem arises that prevents him from focussing on his work: on that same day, he is due to pay the first instalment on the vehicle, which is his only way of making a living.
Did you know…
Nominated for an Oscar in 1961 for best foreign-language film, Plácido is a fierce criticism of the ‘Have a poor person round for dinner’ campaign promoted by the Franco régime in the 1950s appealing to Christian charity at Christmas.
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INFORMATION
Director: Luis García Berlanga
Writer: Rafael Azcona, Luis García Berlanga, José Luis Colina, José Luis Font
Cast: Cassen, José Luis López Vázquez, Amelia de la Torre, Mari Carmen Yepes, José María Caffarel, Manuel Alexandre, Elvira Quintillá, Amparo Soler Leal, Xan Das Bolas