Don Rodrigo goes to the bank and when he is going to take his money there is a robbery. Then the bank refuses to give him his money back (257 pesetas, a small amount of money) with the argument that the money was robbed to him, not to the bank. He will fight against the bank till the last consequences.
Acting
Paco Martínez Soria's exasperated everyman perfection.
Writing
The Kafkaesque absurdity of banking logic.
Director
José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
Paco Martínez Soria
Don Rodrigo Quesada
Mari Carmen Prendes
Doña Luisa
José Sacristán
Valentín Serrano
Alfonso del Real
Director de Banco
Josele Román
Marisa Rodrigo
Tomás Blanco
Director General
Guillermo Marín
Marques
Valeriano Andrés
Abogado
Manuel Alexandre
Raimundo
Jesús Guzmán
Ruiz - el cajero del banco Universal
Rafael Hernández
Empleado de la gasolinera
Pepe Rubio
Periodista y Narrador
Alberto Fernández
Tendero - el vecino exaltado
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during late Franco era, the film's bureaucratic satire was daringly subversive without overt political risk.
Paco Martínez Soria became Spain's beloved everyman through roles like this; 257 pesetas was roughly $4 in 1970.
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