Summaries

A middle age construction tycoon is wheelchair-bound and amnesiac from a car accident in the company of his mistress. He alone had access to all his business's secrets, including the combination to the safe and his Swiss bank account.

Antonio Cano is a middle age construction tycoon. A car accident in the company of his mistress renders him wheelchair-bound and amnesiac. He alone had access to all his business's secrets, including the combination to the safe and the number of his bank account in Switzerland.

Wealthy, middle age Antonio Cano is the head of his family's lucrative construction/development company, he having taken it to the next level after assuming the top job from his father, Pedro Cano. Pedro, Antonio's wife Luchy, their two adult children Julia and Tony, and a number of hired help have been at Antonio's side since the car accident that has left Antonio partially paralyzed, including his legs, his dominant right hand, and his speech, and with a case of amnesia including not knowing who he is, they all hoping it all just temporary. Beyond the nurse as Antonio requires constant care, among the people who his family has hired are actors to reenact formative moments in Antonio's life, often traumatic moments, as sense memory tactics to help Antonio remember who he is. They all have ulterior motives beyond Antonio's health, which for most isn't important at all. As such, Luchy in particular will have to decide whether she can withstand the re-entrance of Antonio's mistress into the proceedings, Nicole, who was in the vehicle when the accident happened.—Huggo

Surreal look at a family's attempts to shock, bully, frighten, coach, and cajole Antonio Cano into regaining his memory and his management powers after an auto accident. He's middle-aged, wealthy, the leader of a family corporation. After the accident he can't remember his Swiss bank account numbers, can't sign documents, and can't lead his board of directors. His father needs Antonio's recovery to keep family control of the corporation, and Antonio's wife, children, and mistress want access to Antonio's money. They stage elaborate recreations of traumas in his childhood that mix with his own memories and hallucinations. Will they succeed? Will he come out of it?—<[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • car
  • spanish civil war
  • man uses a wheelchair
  • repressed memory
  • speech impairment
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Dec 31, 1970
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) GP
Countries of origin Spain
Official sites Official site
Language Spanish
Filming locations La Granjilla de La Fresneda, El Escorial, Madrid, Spain
Production companies Elías Querejeta Producciones Cinematográficas

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 35m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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