1h 52m1981

National Heritage

Name: National Heritage
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1981-03-26
Duration: 112 min
Cast: Agustín González, Luis Escobar, Luis Ciges, José Luis López Vázquez, Amparo Soler Leal

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Comedy

7.1/10

TMDB rating · 28 votes

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After the death of General Franco, the Leguineche family leaves their estate of Los Tejadillos, where they have remained for decades in voluntary exile, with the purpose of returning to Madrid to actively participate in the social events of the aristocracy and to get closer to the closest circle of the Spanish monarch. The obsession of the old marquis is centered on getting in touch with the most illustrious surnames, to ascend socially and to resume the pomp and courtly life that his family lost a long time ago. To this end, he decides to move into an old palace he owns, located in the center of the capital, but not before overcoming the difficulties posed by his wife, who deeply hates both her husband and her son. To regain control of the palace, the Marquis of Leguineche tries to handicap his wife, arguing an incurable mental illness, and then undertake a reform of the place in order to adapt it to aristocratic life.

Director: Luis García Berlanga
Writers: Rafael Azcona, Luis García Berlanga
Language: Spanish; Castilian
Country: Spain
Release date: 26 March 1981

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