El inquilino (1958)
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.
- Date of release
- 1958-02-24
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Director
- José Antonio Nieves Conde
Casting
- María Rosa Salgado — Marta
- José Marco Davó — Fulgencio
- Fernando Fernán Gómez — Evaristo González
- Francisco Camoiras — Obrero solidario
- Pedro Beltrán — Felipe
- Julio Sanjuán — Borracho
- Manuel de Juan — Tabernero
- Manuel Alexandre — Limpiabotas
- Francisco Bernal — Sereno
- Fernando Sancho — Jiménez
- Félix Fernández — Señor Madruga
- José María Lado — Don Fernando
Interesting facts
The Tenant is a 1957 Spanish drama film directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde and starring Fernando Fernán-Gómez about how difficult it was to find an affordable flat in Madrid. At the time it was banned by Spanish censors, and when it was re-released two years later, the film was edited, the dialogue was sanitized for political purposes, and the ending was changed to a happier one. It also failed at the box office.
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