Rafael Azcona — Playwright (57)

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The Impeccable Sinner (1987)
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other title: El pecador impecable
Honorio Sigüenza is a man in his forties who has always lived under the yoke of his possessive mother. When his mother dies, he undergoes a radical transformation that will lead him to live numerous love affairs in the face of the disapproval of his cousin Veni, who wanted to marry him.

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Streetcar for Sale (1959)
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other title: Se vende un tranvía
This excellent short film written by the magnificent filmmaker duo of Luis García Berlanga and screenwriter Rafael Azcona was to be part of a series entitled Los Pícaros (The Rogues) which was never continued. These two artists were responsible for such masterpieces of Spanish cinema as Plácido and El verdugo (The Executioner). Here, Berlanga and Azcona collaborated for the first time, setting the stage for the post-war "Berlanguiana" vision that would develop. José Luis López Vázquez plays Julián, a seedy swindler, who with his cronies tries to sell a streetcar to a rich but naive farmer, a newcomer to the city. High jinx ensue. With this film begins the great stage of Berlanga's filmmaking in which he mixes a little social criticism and notes of anti-clericalism with a great deal of farce.

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El paraíso ya no es lo que era (2001)
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Mercedes (Neus Asensi), Mariángeles (Ana Risueño) y Carmen (Miriam Díaz-Aroca) necesitan escapar de algo: del stress del trabajo, de un divorcio o de una existencia gris y aburrida. Y las tres buscan algo: una aventura amorosa en un país exótico. El destino es Túnez, la tierra de los contrastes, de los desiertos y también de las playas. Pero lejos de aterrizar en un paraíso inédito, emprenden viaje junto a un grupo de extravagantes personajes

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The Flight of the Dove (1989)
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other title: El vuelo de la paloma
A film team arrives at a more authentic and old square in Madrid to shoot a film. The area is full of children, working families and simple people who see the cinema as something unattainable. From his balcony, Paloma, does not lose detail of the shooting, nor of the movements of the gallant, for which he feels a strong attraction.

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Life Size (1974)
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other title: Grandeur nature / Tamaño natural …
When Michel gets the life-sized sex doll he ordered, shipped directly from Japan, he is only intrigued by it at first. Then the silent unresponsiveness of the thing begins to haunt him, and he finds himself reacting to it as if it were an equally unresponsive living woman. As time passes, more and more of his life is spent trying to satisfy or placate its relentless silence, and he goes somewhat mad. He dresses the doll and takes it with him wherever he goes. When his usually very tolerant wife discovers what is going on, her jealousy knows no bounds and she attempts to imitate this threatening love-object. The light-hearted quality of this addle-pated fantasy darkens quickly when various neighborhood men attempt to put the doll to its originally intended use.