Welcome Mr. Marshall!
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| Welcome Mr. Marshall! | |
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 Spanish film poster |
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| Directed by | Luis García Berlanga |
| Written by | Juan Antonio Bardem Luis García Berlanga Miguel Mihura |
| Starring | José Isbert Manolo Morán Lolita Sevilla |
| Music by | Jesús García Leoz |
| Cinematography | Manuel Berenguer |
| Editing by | Pepita Orduña |
| Release date(s) | April 4, 1953 , Spain November 19, 1993 NYC 20 December 2002, Spain (re-release) |
| Running time | 95 min |
| Country |  Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
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Welcome Mr. Marshall!, or ¡Bienvenido, Mr. Marshall! is a 1953 comedy Spanish film directed by Luis García Berlanga and considered one of the masterpieces of Spanish cinema. It tells the story of a small Spanish town, Villar del Río, which hears of the visit of American diplomats and begins preparations to impress the American visitors in the hopes of benefitting under the Marshall Plan.
A central theme of the film is the stereotypes held by both the Spanish and the Americans regarding the culture of the other. Hoping to demonstrate the side of Spanish culture with which the visiting American officials will be most accustomed, the citizens of Villar del Río don unfamiliar Andalusian costumes, hire a renowned flamenco performer, and redecorate their town in Andalusian style. Later in the film, each of the central characters has a dream in which different aspects of stereotypical American culture and history are featured. One consists of a Western-like bar brawl, another the arrival of a conquistador on New World shores, and the priest being judged because he accepted the help of the "unholy" americans.
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