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La escopeta nacional (in English, The National Shotgun) is a 1978 Spanish comedy film directed by Luis García Berlanga. The first installment in a critically and commercially successful trilogy, the picture is an indictment of the legacy of Francisco Franco and the business classes upon whom he depended for support.
Petty businessman Jaume attends the estate of the aging Marquis de Leguineche—who he believes can help out with some government deals—for a hunting trip with actors, military men, and influential Catholics. Jaume quickly learns to manipulate the powerful people’s petty jealousies to his advantage.
The National Shotgun. Petty businessman Jaume attends the estate of the aging Marquis de Leguineche—who he believes can help out with some government deals—for a hunting trip with actors, military men, and influential Catholics.
The first instalment in the Nacional trilogy with which director Luis García Berlanga and scriptwriter Rafael Azcona sought to portray the new Spain that rose after Francoism is a hilarious coral comedy, with grotesque and surrealist touches denouncing the problems caused by politics and economy.
The National Shotgun. A businessman holds a hunting party at a country estate in order to win the good will of a group of investors.
- Comedy
Overview. 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 National Shotgun is a film directed by Luis García Berlanga with José Sazatornil, Luis Escobar, Antonio Ferrandis, José Luis López Vázquez .... Year: 1978. Original title: La escopeta nacional. Synopsis: Jaume Canivell, Catalan manufacturer of mechanical porters , attends with her lover on a hunt to relate to important people.
