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Director
  
Luis Garcia Berlanga

Music director
  
Miquel Asins Arbo

Country
  
Spain

7.6/10
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Genre
  
Comedy, War

Duration
  

Language
  
Spanish

The Heifer movie poster

Release date
  
6 March 1985

Writer
  
Rafael Azcona (screenplay), Rafael Azcona (story), Luis Garcia Berlanga (screenplay), Luis Garcia Berlanga (story)

Screenplay
  
Luis Garcia Berlanga, Rafael Azcona

Cast
  
Alfredo Landa
,
Guillermo Montesinos
,
Santiago Ramos
,
Juanjo Puigcorbé
,
José Sacristán

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La vaquilla (English: The Heifer) is a 1985 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Luis García Berlanga. It was the first comedy made about the Spanish Civil War.

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The Heifer movie scenes

Plot

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During the Spanish Civil War on the Aragón frontline the speakers of the Nationalist troops announce a "Fiesta" in a nearby village which includes a bull run and religious procession. A group of Republican soldiers infiltrate the Nationalist side to steal the animal for two reasons; to ruin the holiday for the Nationalists and because their food stores are low.

Characters

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  • Brigada Castro (Alfredo Landa), a professional Republican soldier.
  • Mariano (Guillermo Montesinos), a Republican soldier coming from a village across the frontline, where his girlfriend Guadalupe remained.
  • Limeño (Santiago Ramos), a Republican soldier who was a bullfighter before the war. Chosen to kill the heifer, he is actually afraid of bulls.
  • Lieutenat Broseta (José Sacristán), a Republican officer who was a hairdresser before the war. He longs for his profession and threatens to punish failure with a complete head shave.
  • Priest (Carles Velat), a Republican soldier who almost became Catholic priest. He still remembers many mannierisms.
  • Republican Colonel (Eduardo Calvo)
  • Guadalupe (Violeta Cela), daughter of a Republican and girlfriend of the absent Republican Mariano, she is dating a nationalist Alférez.
  • Nationalist Commander (Agustín González), has to deal with his troops and the local aristocrats.
  • Juana (María Luisa Ponte), mother of Guadalupe, has to hide her Republican husband.
  • Alférez (Juanjo Puigcorbé), a Nationalist officer courting Guadalupe.
  • The marquis (Adolfo Marsillach) is the local aristocrat. He tries to convince the commander to push the front so that all his enormous estate (currently divided by the frontline), falls in the Nationalist side. His "inherited" gout forbids him to walk.

    • Location

    The Heifer Foro de Cultura de Defensa La VAQUILLA

    The film was shot mainly in Sos del Rey Católico with many locals as extras. In 2009 the village homaged the surviving artists.


    The Heifer La vaquilla REYES ABADES Efectos Especiales

    The Heifer La vaquilla Wikipedia la enciclopedia libre

    The Heifer Foro de Cultura de Defensa La VAQUILLA

    The Heifer Sos recuerda a La Vaquilla y a Berlanga en las redes sociales

    References

    The Heifer Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    The Heifer IMDb The Heifer themoviedb.org