

Small-time crooks go medical. What could possibly go wrong? (Everything. Everything goes wrong.)
Cayetana, her boyfriend Paco and Venancio, her foster brother, commit small thefts and, from time to time, spend a few days in jail. Until they meet with Federico, a thief who has traveled abroad and convince them that using European methods success is guaranteed. Paco then decides to act scientifically and seizes a hospital surgical equipment. When they want to realize, poor Venancio is forced to give an injection to a dentistry patient and, even worse, Paco has to pull out a tooth. And all that, before entering the operating room
Acting
Tony Leblanc's panic-eyes during amateur dentistry
Writing
The 'European methods' running gag that ages beautifully wrong
Costume
1968 Madrid criminal chic meets stolen hospital scrubs

Director
Javier Aguirre
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Concha Velasco was already a massive star; this role was considered a comedic gamble that paid off.
The 'European methods' satire skewered 1960s Spanish technocracy and its blind faith in foreign expertise over local know-how.
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