The Tobacconist of Vallecas

Movie · 1h 46m

Starring Emma Penella, José Luis Gómez, Maribel Verdú, José Luis Manzano

Leandro, an unemployed mason and his friend, Tocho, attempt to rob a tobacconist in the Vallecas district of Madrid, but Mrs. Justa, the tobacconist, impedes it alerting the neighbors who notify police. Inside the shop, the confrontation between the two friends and their 'hostages', the tobacconist and her niece Angeles, is relaxing, and a budding sympathy arises between them.