Las que tienen que servir (1967) Poster

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Fun and bemusing comedy with star-studded cast giving sympathetic interpretations
ma-cortes22 February 2021
It is set in the Sixties in Torrejon de Ardoz , Madrid , where is the important American military base . At a house works two home servants : Concha Velasco and Amparo Soler Leal . Concha has an unemployed boyfriend : Alfredo Landa who doesn't want to marry her . Along the way , the two modest maids are wished by two American hunks from USAF : Álvaro Luna, Charles Stalmaker . When the home owners : Margott Cottens and William Layton celebrate a birthday party things go wrong , as there join the beautiful girls , their boyfriends : Alfredo Landa , Manolo Gómez Bur and the American suitors .

Amusing and entertaining comedy though mediocre , it deals with two maids, his fiances , and some American people , as it shows the class differences , while the servants representating the lower classes , the American ones the upper classes . Concerning ordinary life in the 60s with maids engaged with local boys and their love competence with the boastful and allegedly superior American men , it brings some best scenes of the movie , the likeable confrontation among them with plenty of fights , chaos and destruction at home . The tale being based on a stage play from the prolific playwright Alfonso Paso who also directed a number of films. Main Stars Concha Velasco, Amparo Soler Leal, Alfredo Landa , Manolo Gómez Bur providing all of them attractive performances in their usual style . Assisted by numerous familiar faces , such as Laura Valenzuela married to producer Jose Luis Dibildos , Jose Sazatornil , Margot Cottens , Álvaro de Luna , Florinda Chico and brief appearance from Lina Morgan as another maid .

The motion picture was regular but professiionally directed by Jose Maria Forque . He was a good and prolific craftsman who had successes and flops . Father of the famous actress Veronica Forque and director Álvaro Forque , nowadays is really known for the Jose Maria Forque Awards . This artisan Jose Maria Forque directed a lot of movies in all kinds of genres, such as Drama : Amanecer en la Puerta Oscura , Embajadores en el infierno , La Legion del Silencio. Musical : Bring a little loving or Dame un poco de Amor , Tengo 17 años . Intrigue : 091 Policía al habla , El Ojo del Huracán , Usted puede ser un asesino , Tarot , A Devil under the pillow. Forque was especially expert on Spanish comedy such as : La vil seducción, La Cera Virgen, Una Pareja distinta , Vacaciones para Ivette , and his most known films Un Millón en la Basura and Atraco a las Tres . Furthermore , he also made some nice TV series as Miguel Servet , El Jardín de Venus and Ramon y Cajal. Rating : 5/10, average but packing some funny and diverting moments .
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