Estimable Spanish comedy , which at first seems to be a bit silly to get better little by little . The various situations are narrated as if they were sketches, within a general story . The film falls -at times- in a certain arrhythmia and does not opt for the crazy plot and characters , but a simple and slight comedy . That makes it seem like it does not have a substantial thread , but step by step everything is taking shape until it becomes a fun film with notable socio-economic-customary remarks , being credible and recognizable enough . Set in Madrid, lawyer Juan Pérez (José Luis López Vázquez) has just married Catalina (Amparo Soler Leal). An important American company requires Juan's services as a legal adviser, a fact that leads him to change his residence . Everything is going well, until the couple begins to assess whether the increase in salary is worth the change in life or their better life at the previous apartment .
Candid proposal that's based on an agreeable plot of everyday bearing with an air of urban costumbrism and notes of social chronicle . Very well interpreted , without stridency and within a quiet tone . The sense of humor is naive and its level of comic intensity barely reaches a remarkable height so that the viewer's attention tends to scatter due to lack of stimulation enough and wasting a screwball approach of a farce of a couple with a battle of the sexes that seemed to be intuited at first .
From a technical point of view , the film is decent , the setting adheres to what is convenient and the narrative rhythm adjusts adequately , though it has its ups and downs . The script chains internal vignettes of domestic-marital humor with recurring motifs that do not work very well , except for a few specific moments when they introduce secondary characters interacting with the leading couple, such as the amusing dinner with the American marriage , which is the best part of the movie as the couples as they do not know their respective languages start to drink and drink , resulting in extreme drunkenness . Its current interest lies in the presence of a notable cast that should always be remembered both for the quality of their performance in this film and for the scope that , in general, they had in the history of Spanish cinema in the following years. In the film, passable by its phenomenal interpreters , with the great José Luis López Vázquez and Amparo Soler Leal , and the actress Milagros Leal plays the mother of her daughter in reality , Amparo Soler Leal , and adding a lot of notorious , familiar secondaries , such as : Rafaela Aparicio , Erasmo Pascual , María Vico , Enriqueta Carballeira , William Layton and the always beautiful Irán Eory as the new secretary who causes jealousy to the faithful wife .
The film is based on Noel Clarasó's play and script by J. Burgos Muñoz ("Un Techo Para La Paz"), Noel Clarasó ("La Dinamita Está Servida", "Ana Dice Sí"), César Fernández Ardavín ("Crimen Imposible",¨Lazarillo de Tormes¨, ¨Doña Perfecta¨, "La Llamada De Las Estrellas"), J. Martí Farreras ("Cristina") and director Francisco Prósper himself . This film was one of the few directed by Francisco Prósper , best known for his work as a set designer , as he collaborated on this task with Luis García Berlanga, Orson Welles and Fernando Fernán Gómez . Francisco Prósper had a long career about fifty years working as a set designer , production designer, Special effects artist , including national and international productions , collaborating in a large number of films ; these are as follows : Las verdes praderas, Tuareg , Fabulous Journey to the Center of the Earth , The Mysterious Island , Fall of the Roman empire , Salomon and Sheba , Custer's last stand , Juanito , El Piyayo , Horas de pánico, among others . Rating : 5.5/10. Pleasant and funny, it's not that it causes big laughs , but the smile is permanent and in the end it leaves a good taste in your mouth . The viewer has a really good time.
Candid proposal that's based on an agreeable plot of everyday bearing with an air of urban costumbrism and notes of social chronicle . Very well interpreted , without stridency and within a quiet tone . The sense of humor is naive and its level of comic intensity barely reaches a remarkable height so that the viewer's attention tends to scatter due to lack of stimulation enough and wasting a screwball approach of a farce of a couple with a battle of the sexes that seemed to be intuited at first .
From a technical point of view , the film is decent , the setting adheres to what is convenient and the narrative rhythm adjusts adequately , though it has its ups and downs . The script chains internal vignettes of domestic-marital humor with recurring motifs that do not work very well , except for a few specific moments when they introduce secondary characters interacting with the leading couple, such as the amusing dinner with the American marriage , which is the best part of the movie as the couples as they do not know their respective languages start to drink and drink , resulting in extreme drunkenness . Its current interest lies in the presence of a notable cast that should always be remembered both for the quality of their performance in this film and for the scope that , in general, they had in the history of Spanish cinema in the following years. In the film, passable by its phenomenal interpreters , with the great José Luis López Vázquez and Amparo Soler Leal , and the actress Milagros Leal plays the mother of her daughter in reality , Amparo Soler Leal , and adding a lot of notorious , familiar secondaries , such as : Rafaela Aparicio , Erasmo Pascual , María Vico , Enriqueta Carballeira , William Layton and the always beautiful Irán Eory as the new secretary who causes jealousy to the faithful wife .
The film is based on Noel Clarasó's play and script by J. Burgos Muñoz ("Un Techo Para La Paz"), Noel Clarasó ("La Dinamita Está Servida", "Ana Dice Sí"), César Fernández Ardavín ("Crimen Imposible",¨Lazarillo de Tormes¨, ¨Doña Perfecta¨, "La Llamada De Las Estrellas"), J. Martí Farreras ("Cristina") and director Francisco Prósper himself . This film was one of the few directed by Francisco Prósper , best known for his work as a set designer , as he collaborated on this task with Luis García Berlanga, Orson Welles and Fernando Fernán Gómez . Francisco Prósper had a long career about fifty years working as a set designer , production designer, Special effects artist , including national and international productions , collaborating in a large number of films ; these are as follows : Las verdes praderas, Tuareg , Fabulous Journey to the Center of the Earth , The Mysterious Island , Fall of the Roman empire , Salomon and Sheba , Custer's last stand , Juanito , El Piyayo , Horas de pánico, among others . Rating : 5.5/10. Pleasant and funny, it's not that it causes big laughs , but the smile is permanent and in the end it leaves a good taste in your mouth . The viewer has a really good time.