The Tobacconist of Vallecas

1987Directed by Eloy de la Iglesia

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Released: April 9, 1987
Runtime: 1h 46m

About The Tobacconist of Vallecas

Comedy
Drama

Synopsis

Leandro, an unemployed mason and his friend, Tocho, attempt to rob a tobacconist in the Vallecas district of Madrid, but Mrs. Justa, the tobacconist, impedes it alerting the neighbors who notify police. Inside the shop, the confrontation between the two friends and their 'hostages', the tobacconist and her niece Angeles, is relaxing, and a budding sympathy arises between them.

Director: Eloy de la Iglesia
Writers: Eloy de la Iglesia
Gonzalo Goicoechea
José Luis Alonso de Santos
Original title: La estanquera de Vallecas

Principal cast

In billing order

Emma PenellaDoña Justa
José Luis GómezLeandro
Maribel VerdúÁngeles
José Luis ManzanoTocho
Fernando GuillénMaldonado
Jesús PuenteComisario

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