'Españolas en París' is one of the very few Spanish films to deal with the experience of Spanish migration to other European countries in the 1960s and 1970s. If only for this, it does deserve more attention. All in all, even though the film is quite poor in many senses, it offers a sad, poignant testimony of the (implied) contrast between mid-1970s backward Spain and 'civilised' France. It's very melancholy to watch. The diverse experiences of the Spanish women employed as maids by the Parisians in the film might or might not be representative but feel so. The film, though, unwisely mixes in the main plot a romantic subplot involving the protagonist, played by a very young Ana Belén. This raises crucial issues such as abortion but feels tangential to her experience as a migrant abroad and seems, somehow, to be part of a separate film.
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