Movie Comedy
San Ginés de la Sierra is a small village lost in the mountains in southern Spain. It is known throughout the region for two peculiar characteristics: its "persistent" drought and a "Home of the Vanquished". This "home" is an institution that houses some twenty old people, to whose care are eleven nuns and crosses a distressing economic situation. The nuns are desperately seeking a solution and decide to hold a charity bulls run.
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Fernando Fernán Gómez Amparo Soler Leal Nuria Torray María José Alfonso Antonio Ordóñez Antonio Bienvenida Juan García 'Mondeño' Ana María Noé Irene Gutiérrez Caba Alicia Hermida Luisa Rosa de la Torre Ana María Ventura Carmen Santonja Rafaela Aparicio Carmen Pastor Félix Fernández Luis Heredia José 'Lepe' Álvarez Nicolás D. Perchicot Antonio Gandía Vicente Gómez Bur Emilio Santiago Manuel Domínguez Luna Alberto Reixa Jacinto Martín Juan Córdoba Manuel Alexandre Montserrat Noé María Jesús Balenciaga José Luis Aparicio Pilar Gómez Ferrer Chus Lampreave Ángel Álvarez Pilar Laguna Agustín González Mer Casas Mercedes Guillot Luisa Ramírez García Mary Begoña José María Rodero
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