A rare example of Antonio Ozores getting behind the camera (he hadn't done it since 1969 and never would again). The film is a parody of a real event: the government expropriation of the José María Ruiz-Mateos Sociedad Anónima (Rumasa) holding company in 1982 (I'll let you read the Wikipedia page for yourself, and leave it at that). Ozores hams up the idea of three old losers who want to take advantage of the government bailout to enrich themselves. Sound familiar, fellow americans?
This is the story of three friends:Alberto Ruiz (Antonio Ozores), José María (Raúl Sender) and Mateo (Juanito Navarro)
Speaking of getting old, Mateo and his wife Elvira (Helga Liné) live a full of stress and struggle.
The actress playing Amparo is very familiar, but I can't identify her. Whoever she is, she's quite the trooper for acting in this long scene half-naked.
Alberto's comically horny father (Emilio Fornet) has brought home a Hawaiian themed whore named Miss Biondi (Maika Grey).
The three amigos get the bright idea to create their own holding company (called Mosca) which includes their businesses - in the hopes of getting that hefty government bail out. They make the news.
And look who's arrived - it's Amparo! And this time she has the cure to getting with José - she's dressed as a man.
With José with Amparo and Mateo with his wife, that leaves all the remaining ladies for Alberto. But then his father arrives...
Fermina is also here. Emma Ozores was in all these movies (obviously because of daddy Ozores); she never had a leading part (or even a relevant one) as far as I've seen.
I remember seeing Peter Sellers' The Party and thinking it was so funny until things escalated into the climactic chaos at the end, with painted elephants and all. A ton of films follow this pattern - to not be able to resolve the comedic situation and so rely on just escalating layers of chaos. Can't tie up all the moving parts in your comedy of errors? No problem - just have a dominatrix with a midget, a dog fart and mounds of incomprehensible chaos.
But its greatest sin is that the "plot" doesn't even get hinted at until the halfway mark - and even then, it's promptly jettisoned in favor of pointless tomfoolery. It's redeeming qualities are talent Ozores brings to the table, the boundless energy and more-than-ample amounts of T&A.
But but where do you watch all these movies? Could you give us any link so that we all can enjoy them
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