Main Street

★★★★★

Original title: Calle Mayor

1956 · 1 h 39 min

Directed by Juan Antonio Bardem

Drama

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Cast

Betsy Blair José Suárez Yves Massard

Credits

Written by: Carlos Arniches

Plot

In a conservative Spanish town, a group of men play a cruel joke on a lonely unmarried woman by pretending to court her.

Sinekatalog’s take

Juan Antonio Bardem's drama follows a Spanish town's men playing a cruel prank on a lonely spinster by pretending to court her. Betsy Blair is heartbreaking in a quietly savage critique of provincial hypocrisy under Franco.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (1,841 votes)
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