Fernando Sala

En 1825, à Tolède. Pour sauver son fiancé, opposant au régime, la belle Inès accepte d'épouser le chef de la police.

The film is an image of the Spanish society in form of various anecdotes which happen to the inhabitants and their neighbours of a finca in Madrid.

Espagne, en 1938, pendant la Guerre civile. Le front s'est stabilisé depuis plusieurs mois. La tranquillité des soldats est interrompue par une annonce pour la fête de la Vierge. Un festin et une course de taureaux est prévue dans le camp franquiste. Cinq combattants républicains décident de kidnapper la « vachette » pour ébranler le moral de l'ennemi et pour donner à manger aux camarades…

Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, “Mio Cid”, is in love with Jimena, but the Count of Oviedo, his father, challenges him to a duel and is killed. He before him curses Rodrigo, that if he marries Jimena, he will lose his manly faculties. And, in fact, when he gets married, Rodrigo becomes effeminate.

Luciano has been working in an important company for fifteen years without be rewarded for his efforts, his fidelity and submission. On the recommendation of a cousin, he acts as front man for the shameful business of his managers. They get it so far as to force him to marry the former mistress of one of the directors. Finally, because of a fire in the chalet where he lives and where they cook the dirty business of which he is not responsible for, Luciano ends up in jail for covering up and taking on some responsibilities that are not his, fulfilling his role of straw man until the end.

Faustino Briones is a hardline Falangist who, unhappy with the changes in Spain and after mounting several scandals in his work, is admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Without waiting for him, he begins to interact with the nuns of the place, but especially with one, Sr. Angustias with whom he is beginning to feel things

J.R. has been shot in his sensitive parts. After spending a season in the hospital, and anxious for revenge, he returns to find the culprit. He is accompanied by a bodyguard that prevents the presence of women who could approach him, thus delaying his recovery.

Le Dr Orlof, un ancien médecin, enlève avec l’aide de Morpho, son serviteur aveugle, des jeunes femmes sur lesquelles ils pratiquent des expériences chirurgicales. Grâce à des greffes de peau, il espère parvenir à redonner un visage à Melissa, sa fille défigurée. Tandis que la police enquête sur les disparitions, Wanda Bronsky la fiancée de l’inspecteur chargée de l’affaire croise le chemin d’Orlof qu’elle reconnaît grâce au portrait robot établi par des témoins. Menant ses propres investigations, Wanda approche Orlof. Le docteur, troublé par sa ressemblance avec Melissa, va conduire la jeune femme à son château...

Madrid, 1913. Une jeune gitane tombe amoureuse d'un fils de bonne famille qui abandonne sa fiancée pour elle.

The life of Juan de Dios and his struggle against social, political and religious structures.

After the death of General Franco, the Leguineche family leaves their estate of Los Tejadillos, where they have remained for decades in voluntary exile, with the purpose of returning to Madrid to actively participate in the social events of the aristocracy and to get closer to the closest circle of the Spanish monarch. The obsession of the old marquis is centered on getting in touch with the most illustrious surnames, to ascend socially and to resume the pomp and courtly life that his family lost a long time ago. To this end, he decides to move into an old palace he owns, located in the center of the capital, but not before overcoming the difficulties posed by his wife, who deeply hates both her husband and her son. To regain control of the palace, the Marquis of Leguineche tries to handicap his wife, arguing an incurable mental illness, and then undertake a reform of the place in order to adapt it to aristocratic life.

One unlucky day, a married couple with four children get an eviction notice: the building they live in is to be demolished. The family looks desperately for a new home, which is no easy task in Madrid in the fifties.

Luisa's daughter attempted suicide. While attending the clinic and, contemplating the state of his daughter, Luisa recalls the early happy years of her marriage to Pedro, a popular and friendly sports journalist. Soon after came the first deception of her husband.