1978 · comedy · satire
The National Shotgun
Directed by Luis García Berlanga1h 35m1978
A catalan manufacturer of intercoms travels to Madrid, accompanied by his mistress, to attend a hunt that he has organized. Its main purpose is to mix with people of high society to improve their business. All seems well until the owner of the farm shows full authority over James, who is the real organizer of the meeting. The celebration is diverse characters who live next to absurd situations.
Our read: The National Shotgun (1978) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive comedy · satire entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / satire, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- brisk
- funny
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