Streetcar for Sale
Se vende un tranvía
This excellent short film written by the magnificent filmmaker duo of Luis García Berlanga and screenwriter Rafael Azcona was to be part of a series entitled Los Pícaros (The Rogues) which was never continued. These two artists were responsible for such masterpieces of Spanish cinema as Plácido and El verdugo (The Executioner). Here, Berlanga and Azcona collaborated for the first time, setting the stage for the post-war "Berlanguiana" vision that would develop. José Luis López Vázquez plays Julián, a seedy swindler, who with his cronies tries to sell a streetcar to a rich but naive farmer, a newcomer to the city. High jinx ensue. With this film begins the great stage of Berlanga's filmmaking in which he mixes a little social criticism and notes of anti-clericalism with a great deal of farce.
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Cast
Luis García Berlanga
as Comprador de la baliza aerostática (uncredited)
Luis Ciges
as Manolo
Luis Marín
as Cobrador del segundo tranvía
María Luisa Ponte
as Julia
Goyo Lebrero
as Próxima víctima
Lorenzo Robledo
José Luis López Vázquez
as Julián el Toribio
Xan das Bolas
as Marmolista
Chus Lampreave
as Marujita
José María Tasso
as Paco
Pedro Beltrán
as Falso inspector
José Orjas
as Comisario
