Welcome Mr. Marshall!

Name: Welcome Mr. Marshall!
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1953-04-04
Duration: 78 min
Cast: Pepito Vidal, Elvira Quintillá, Joaquín Roa, Rafael Alonso, Matilde López Roldán

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Release Date

4/4/1953

Runtime

78 mins

Genres

Comedy

Overview

A small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and its ruling townsmen begin preparations to impress the American visitors, in the hopes of benefiting under the Marshall Plan. Hoping to demonstrate the side of Spanish culture with which the visiting foreign officials would be more familiarized, the Castilian citizens don unfamiliar Andalusian costumes, hire a renowned flamenco performer, and re-decorate their town in Andalusian style, meantime waiting for their uncertain arrival.

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Released

Original Language

Spanish

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A Castilian town frantically reinvents itself as a tourist fantasy to win American aid, creating comedy from the gap between cultural authenticity and desperate performance. It's both affectionate and acidic about ambition, tradition, and the willing distortions people make for survival.