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Carlos Cañique and Maite Grau, ¡Bienvenido Mr. Berlanga! , Barcelona, Destino poster
SPAIN · 1993

Carlos Cañique and Maite Grau, ¡Bienvenido Mr. Berlanga! , Barcelona, Destino

Luis García Berlanga
Spanish Cinema Post-Franco deception and fraud cultural clash materialism and consumerism village superstition con artistry
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Synopsis

The story of Ajatashatru Oghash Rathod, a fakir who tricks his local village in Rajasthan, India into believing his possesses special powers and into paying him to fly to Paris to buy a bed of nails from an Ikea store.

Year1993
CountrySpain
DirectorLuis García Berlanga
MovementSpanish Cinema Post-Franco
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