El Cochecito
Spanish One sheet (The Wheelchair) is a renowned 1960 Spanish black comedy film directed by Marco Ferreri and co-written with Rafael Azcona. The movie stars José Isbert as the main character, Don Anselmo.
Key Information
Plot Summary: The story revolves around Don Anselmo, a seemingly healthy, retired elderly man who becomes obsessed with owning a motorized invalid carriage after all his pensioner friends acquire them to socialise and race around town. His bourgeois family refuses to buy him one, considering him a nuisance and citing his good health. In his determination to join the "fraternity" of wheelchair owners, he sells family jewels and, in the film's original, darker ending (which was censored under the Franco regime), resorts to poisoning his family to inherit the money needed for the purchase.
Themes: The film is a mordant social satire that uses black humor to explore themes of loneliness, old age, generational conflict, and the selfishness of the middle class in Franco-era Spain.
Awards: As noted on the poster, the film won the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) award at the Venice Film Festival.
Key Information
Plot Summary: The story revolves around Don Anselmo, a seemingly healthy, retired elderly man who becomes obsessed with owning a motorized invalid carriage after all his pensioner friends acquire them to socialise and race around town. His bourgeois family refuses to buy him one, considering him a nuisance and citing his good health. In his determination to join the "fraternity" of wheelchair owners, he sells family jewels and, in the film's original, darker ending (which was censored under the Franco regime), resorts to poisoning his family to inherit the money needed for the purchase.
Themes: The film is a mordant social satire that uses black humor to explore themes of loneliness, old age, generational conflict, and the selfishness of the middle class in Franco-era Spain.
Awards: As noted on the poster, the film won the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) award at the Venice Film Festival.
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