Madrid, Spain, 1936. The young Miguel Gila lives happily with his grandparents in a humble attic; but the outbreak of the Civil War forces him to go to fight.
Acting
Óscar Lasarte channels Gila's manic, fragile charisma.
Writing
Jokes land harder because death is always present.
Production
Madrid attic intimacy vs. war's brutal scale.
Director
Alexis Morante
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gila's actual radio broadcasts from the front were so popular that both sides tuned in; Francoist troops reportedly laughed at his jokes about their own officers.
The film revives a uniquely Spanish comedic tradition: the 'chiste de guerra' where soldiers mocked their own suffering, a genre nearly erased by postwar censorship.
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