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A chaotic love pentagon where everyone's sleeping with the wrong person — and making a movie about it.
TMDB
80

La gran comedia (1988)

Spanish farcemeta madnessdomestic disaster

Overview

Comedy

Julian Ruiz, a real estate salesman and amateur filmmaker, wrote in the company of Anne, his romantic wife, a script that could mean his professional film debut. Mayte, Secretary of sales of real estate, is in love with Julian and, in turn, Jorge Padilla, the head of both, who is married to Josephine, a consumer who buys everything even without knowing it serves, is attracted by Mayte.

Flag of ESESSpanish
Content warning
art imitating lifecreative ambition vs realityromantic miscommunication

Standout Aspects

Acting

Pinzás plays himself into a nervous breakdown with commitment.

Direction

Low-budget meta filmmaking about itself —before it was cool.

Writing

Script-within-script layers that collapse beautifully.

Best for:Friends: For when your group needs chaos and wine.·Solo: A hidden gem for obscure comedy completionists.·Background: Play while cooking — the yelling matches the sizzle.
Juan Pinzás

Director

Juan Pinzás

ReleasedApr 25, 1988
Runtime1h 25m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensitymedium
Tonelight
Feellight
Atlántico Films

Top Cast

Juan Pinzás

Juan Pinzás

Julián Ruiz

Pilar Sueiro

Pilar Sueiro

Mayfe

Rosalía Dans

Rosalía Dans

Josefina

Luis Escobar

Luis Escobar

Albert Boronat

José Luis López Vázquez

José Luis López Vázquez

Jose L. Lopez Vazquez

Juan Rodríguez

Juan Rodríguez

Luis

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Juan Pinzás wrote, directed, and starred as a fictionalized version of himself — a true auteur narcissist move.

Cultural

This captures Spain's late-Franco transition era where experimental indie comedy flourished under loosening censorship.

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