The consortium of the people approve a proposal from the Mayor; instruct Ramon, a ruined sculptor, an equestrian statue of Franco. Luis, one of the councilors, visit Ramon and proposes the commission, Ramon rejects for ideological grounds, but after thinking it accepts as there are no marble equestrian statues. When Ramon finally finished the statue, the whole consortium believes it is past time to inaugurate a statue of Franco. To satisfy Ramon approve the making of a new statue. This is dedicated to democracy.
Acting
Ovidi Montllor's exasperated sculptor energy carries the whole absurd premise.
Writing
The statue-switching bureaucratic loophole is genuinely clever satire.
Director
Joaquín Coll Espona
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Spain's fragile Transition, when mocking Franco remained legally and socially delicate.
The 'marble equestrian statues' line references the thousands of Franco monuments still standing across Spain in 1983.
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