A 69-year-old priest tries to be hip and accidentally starts chaos. Pray for him.
An old priest, who has old ideas, is intended to exercise the apostolate in a neighborhood in the suburbs of Madrid. There the revolutionary climate and anti-religious character of the congregation thwarts all his attempts to attract them. The Archbishop admonishes him and asks to renew his methods, using the example of a young priest of a modern parish. The old priest tries to apply in his environment what he has seen in the parish model, setting off a chain of events.
Acting
Paco Martínez Soria's physical comedy as the bewildered Don Mariano.
Production
Authentic 1969 Madrid suburbia, unglamorous and loud.
Director
José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
Paco Martínez Soria
Don Mariano
Germán Cobos
Don José
Irán Eory
Cari
Julia Caba Alba
Joaquina
Marisa Porcel
Señora 1
Rafael López Somoza
Sebastián
Javier Loyola
Don Emilio
Erasmo Pascual
Marcelino
Manuel Alexandre
Leandro
Fernando Nogueras
Padre Ramírez
José Sepúlveda
Dueño del almacén
Valentín Tornos
Genaro
Rafael J. Salvia
Conferenciante
Carmen Martínez Sierra
Doña Lupe
Luis Marín
Ramiro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Spain's late-Franco era, the film satirizes Catholic modernization efforts while staying safely within regime-approved comedy.
Paco Martínez Soria was 65 playing 69; he'd reprise similar roles until his death, becoming Spain's unlikely box office king of befuddled old men.
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