The Tobacconist of Vallecas

The Tobacconist of Vallecas

1987
★★★☆☆ 6.3/10
⏱️ 106 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 ES
ComedyDrama
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.

Crew

Director
Eloy de la Iglesia
Writer
Eloy de la Iglesia, Gonzalo Goicoechea, José Luis Alonso de Santos
Producer
Ángel Huete

Production

Compañía Iberoamericana de TV, Ega Medios Audiovisuales, Ministerio de Cultura, TVE

Keywords

robberypolicemadrid, spaingunhostageshoptobaccoromancefriendsneighbor