The Tobacconist of Vallecas
MovieTitle | La estanquera de Vallecas |
User score | 6.4 |
Release date | Apr 9, 1987 |
Genre | Comedy, Drama |
Director | Eloy de la Iglesia |
Production country | Spain |
Production companies | Compañía Iberoamericana de TV, Ega Medios Audiovisuales, Ministerio de Cultura, TVE |
Revenue | $312,010 |
Run time | 106 min. |
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.