Rodolfo and Petrita each live in separate quarters in dilapidated Madrid, while looking to have a little apartment (or "pisito", in Spanish dialect). Unfortunately their low salaries prevent them from acquiring one. Soon, Rodolfo's co-workers urge him to marry the old and frail Doña Martina, who is the main tenant in the apartment he boards in. According to Spanish rent-control law, he could inherit the lease from his spouse. Thus begin his misgivings and Petrita's. Written by Emilio
Acting
José Luis López Vázquez's agonized everyman expressions.
Direction
Ferreri's early neo-realist lens on absurd Spanish society.
Director
Isidoro M. Ferry
José Luis López Vázquez
Rodolfo
Mary Carrillo
Pedrita
Concha López Silva
Doña Martina Rodríguez
Ángel Álvarez
Sáenz
María Luisa Ponte
Hermana de Petrita
Celia Conde
Mery
Rafael Azcona
(uncredited)
Marco Ferreri
Luisito - el casero (uncredited)
Chus Lampreave
Adelina - secretaria de Don Manuel (uncredited)
Carlos Saura
(uncredited)
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