Moros Y Cristianos

Plot

In this comedy, a manufacturer of turrón, a candy which resembles the honey-almond confection halvah, wants to promote it outside the regions of southern Spain where it is a traditional Christmas treat. It is particularly associated with a festival during which the wars between the Christians and the Moors are ritually reenacted. The manufacturer and his sons travel to a Madrid food festival to sell, sell, sell. The father also persuades his reluctant daughter, a woman with political ambitions, to use her connections to help promote their candy. With some difficulty, they garner a mention in a women's weekly magazine and on a television program. In a macabre comedy scene, having returned home, the manufacturer dies and is put in a coffin that is too small and is paraded down the street during the aforementioned festival in Alicante. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

Cast

• Fernando Fernán Gómez - Fernando
• Andres Pajares - Marcial
• Rosa María Sardà - Cuqui
• José Luis Lopez Vasquez - Lopez
• Agustin Gonzalez - Agustin

Maria Luisa Ponte - Marcella; Verónica Forqué - Monique; Antonio Resines; Chus Lampreave; Luis Escobar; Luis Ciges; Jose Luis Coll

Credit

Luis García Berlanga - Director, José Luis Matesanz - Editor, Jose Luis Olaizola - Executive Producer, Domingo Solano - Cinematographer, Felix Tusell - Producer, Victor Alarcon - Set Designer, Rafael Azcona - Screenwriter, Luis García Berlanga - Screenwriter

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