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SPAIN · 1963

El verdugo

Luis García Berlanga
capital punishment family obligation social satire dark comedy class struggle
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Synopsis

An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retirement.

Year1963
CountrySpain
DirectorLuis García Berlanga
Cinematic DNA
Mis referentes son Berlanga, Fellini, Buñuel... En cuanto al final de Balada, sí, tiene un poco de 'El verdugo' por esa sensación de ir arrastrado.
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