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"On Thursday, miracle") is a 1957 Spanish comedy film directed by Luis García Berlanga. The movie is about people in a small village of Spain who decide to fake a miracle in order to increase tourism but things don't go as planned.
Directed by Luis García Berlanga • 1957 • Spain. Starring Richard Basehart, José Isbert, Paola Stoppa. Looking for ways to boost the local economy, leaders in the village of Fuentecilla set their hopes on a medicinal spa that was once a popular destination but has since fallen on hard times.
To bring back the tourists, the "prominent men" of the village organize a fake miracle: the apparition of San Dimas, the local patron saint, which will take place every Thursday night. At first it works, but trouble begins when a stranger appea...
May 1, 2021 · Miracles of Thursday – 1957 Berlanga. Berlanga’s fifth film was controversial in Spain- censored. Like his previous efforts, it is an ensemble comedy, he’s really riffing on Italian Neorealism (in a much lighter way than say Bunuel)
May 8, 2021 · Combining a morality tale of religious belief with a cutthroat, darkly comical satire, Berlanga accomplishes an incredible feat with Miracles of Thursday, putting together a fascinating portrait of a village in crisis, and both their efforts to overcome it, and the comeuppance they receive from thinking that they can outsmart the wrong people ...
Miracles of Thursday. Page 1 of 5, 9 total items. Looking for ways to boost the local economy, leaders in the village of Fuentecilla set their hopes on a medicinal spa that was once a popular...
Los jueves, milagro is a 1957 Spanish comedy film directed by Luis García Berlanga about some people in a small village of Spain who decide to fake a miracle in order to increase tourism but things don't go as planned. Movie Info. Tags. Comedy, Increase, Luis García Berlanga, People, Spain, Spanish, Tourism, Village. Attributes.
