Placido (Plácido)

The Cultural Workshop Ayion Omoloyiton and Cynema Xanthis 3 in collaboration with the Cervantes Institute in Cyprus and the Ministry of Culture and Education are organizing three Spanish Movie Nights, on 17 and 31 of May, and on 28 of June (Wednesdays, 8pm). Three Spanish films, with various, interesting and entertaining subjects following the history of the cinema in Spain. Subtitles in Greek.

On these nights Kantina Mou (the Workshop's Canteen) will offer Spanish snacks and sangria make by our amazing Spanish volunteers.

In a small spanish town, a group of old ladies decide to celebrate Christmas Eve with a "Sit a poor man at your table" dinner: each wealthy household of the town will have a homeless person dining with them that night. The celebrations also include a parade, and in it we find Plácido, the humble owner of a three-wheeler, whose family is forced to live in a public lavatory because of the lack of money to pay the rent, and who has to pay the second bill of his vehicle before midnight or else he will lose it.

Cast:
Casto Sendra "Cassen" (Plácido Alonso)
Elvira Quintillá (Emilia)
José Luis López Vázquez (Gabino Quintanilla)
Manuel Alexandre (Julián Alonso)

Director: Luis García Berlanga
Runtime: 83 min
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: Greek
Production Year: 1961