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.
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author | Rafael Azcona |
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director | Luis García Berlanga |
editor | José Luis Matesanz |
genre | comedy |
keywords | aragón frontline battle of the ebro civil war festival nationalist republican second spanish republic spain under franco spanish civil war the national |
musicBy | Miguel Asins Arbó |
producer | Alfredo Matas |
theme | war |