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Los jueves milagro
SPAIN · 1957

Los jueves milagro

Luis García Berlanga
rural decline tourism exploitation civic corruption small-town politics deception and fraud
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Synopsis

In Fontecilla, a Spanish village in decline, the mayor and other illustrious citizens hatch a crazy plan to revitalize tourism.

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