La vaquilla
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.
Plot
During the Spanish Civil War on the Aragón frontline the speakers of the Nationalist troops announce a festival in a nearby village which includes a bull run and religious procession. A group of Republican soldiers infiltrate the Nationalist side to steal the animal for two reasons; to ruin the holiday for the Nationalists and because their food stores are low.
Cast
- Adolfo Marsillach
- Agustín González
- Alfredo Landa
- Amelia de la Torre
- Amparo Soler Leal
- Ana Gracia
- Antonio Gamero
- Balbino Lacosta
- Carles Velat
- Eduardo Calvo
- Fernando Sancho
- Guillermo Montesinos
- José Sacristán
- Juanjo Puigcorbé
- Luis Ciges
- María Elena Flores
- María Luisa Ponte
- Pedro Beltrán
- Rafael Hernández
- Santiago Ramos
- Sergio Mendizábal
- Valentín Paredes
- Valeriano Andrés
- Violeta Cela
More details
| author | Luis García Berlanga Rafael Azcona |
|---|---|
| director | Luis García Berlanga |
| editor | José Luis Matesanz |
| events | Spanish Civil War |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | aragón frontline battle of the ebro civil war festival nationalist republican second spanish republic spain under franco the national |
| musicBy | Miquel Asins Arbó |
| producer | Alfredo Matas |
| theme | war |