The Tobacconist of Vallecas
Directed by Eloy de la Iglesia
Produced by Compañía Iberoamericana de TV, Ega Medios Audiovisuales
A gently comedic Spanish drama where a botched robbery becomes an unexpectedly warm human encounter, transforming potential antagonists into sympathetic neighbors.
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.
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