Placido

(1962)

★ 7.7 IMDb · 91 votes

Genres: Comedy

Year: 1962

Runtime: 84 мин

Country: Spain

Director: Luis García Berlanga

Cast: Cassen, José Luis López Vázquez, Elvira Quintillá, Manuel Alexandre, Mario Bustos, María Francés, Carmen Yepes, Jesús Puche, Roberto Llamas, Amelia de la Torre

Plot

In a small Spanish town, during the Christmas holidays, a group of rich old ladies organize a peculiar event that consists of inviting a homeless person to sit down to dinner at their wealthy table. Plácido, a humble worker, is hired by the organizers to participate in a parade with his three-wheeled vehicle, a seemingly simple mission that will not be easy for him to accomplish.