Vicenta Verruguillo came to Madrid to work as a bridesmaid in the house of a doctor and falls in love with his son. The boy, to keep his family is left without service, follow the advice of his father and pretends to be in love with her. Meanwhile, his cousin Manolo, a likeable rogue, who works as a nurse, several maids dupes that get her salary every month because he has promised to buy a flat before marrying them.
Acting
Gracita Morales owns every frame with volcanic comic timing
Writing
Ozores crams three sitcoms worth of misunderstandings into 92 minutes
Director
Mariano Ozores Puchol
Gracita Morales
Vicenta Verruguillo Tolomé, criada
José Luis López Vázquez
Manolo Locumula Verruguillo, primo de Vicenta
Irene Gutiérrez Caba
Señora Ernestina
Antonio Ferrandis
Livinio, mayordomo de la señora Ernestina
José Sacristán
Dr. Cifuentes hijo
Margot Cottens
Consuelo, esposa del Dr. Mariano Cifuentes
Marisol Ayuso
Remedios 'La gasolina'
Mary Begoña
Engracia 'La cajetilla'
María Isbert
Ginebra Rutherford
Erasmo Pascual
Portero
Mario Morales
Sinforoso
Xan das Bolas
Sereno con un bastón
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is peak 'españolada'—Franco-era comedy that flatters working-class audiences while keeping them firmly in their place, starring the legendary Gracita Morales who made a career playing loud, lovable servants.
José Luis López Vázquez plays Manolo as a charming rogue, but he'd soon pivot to darker roles in Carlos Saura films—imagine this same energy in a psychological thriller.
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