Juan marries prestigious lawyer María José. As she won't give up her career to become a housewife, during their wedding night Juan pretends to leave his job and acts out the role of a traditional housewife himself.
Acting
Javier Armet commits fully to domestic humiliation comedy.
Writing
Premise that accidentally radical for its repressive era.
Director
José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
Javier Armet
Juan
Mara Cruz
María José
José Luis López Vázquez
Ortiz
José Bódalo
El cónyuge
Amelia de la Torre
Madre de María José
Antonio Garisa
El Alonso
Laly Soldevila
Arcadia
Lina Canalejas
Angelita / Carmen
Antonio Ferrandis
Don Elpidio
Margot Cottens
La cónyuge
Paco Morán
Fiscal
José Orjas
Vecino
Félix Fernández
Cura
Goyo Lebrero
Lechero
Emilio Laguna
Manuel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Franco Spain when women needed husband's permission to work—María José's career defiance was genuinely transgressive onscreen.
Director Sáenz de Heredia was a Franco propagandist; this 'progressive' comedy may be conservative cautionary tale dressed as satire.
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