''El extraño viaje'' ( en, The Strange Voyage) is a 1964 Spanish black drama

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directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez. Film director

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acts as the brother of the protagonist. The film was a huge flop on its limited release. It was voted seventh best Spanish film by professionals and critics in 1996 Spanish cinema centenary.

Plot summary

In a large house in the middle of a little Spanish town live Venancio and Paquita, the childlike brother and sister of Ignacia, who bullies them continuously. Suspecting that she has a visitor after dark, they start snooping and one night she turns on them in fury. As she is throttling Paquita, Venancio brains her with a bottle and the two hide the body. After leaving town in the dark by taxi, they are then found dead on a beach. The house is put up for sale and the owner of the bar next door has to empty the vats where he was storing his wine. When at the bottom of one is found the corpse of Ignacia, her secret lover Fernando admits all to the examining magistrate. He was a member of the band that played in the bar in the evenings and used to slip into Ignacia's house after work. When he found her dead, he helped Venancio and Paquita dispose of the body. Then he took them away to the sea, where he gave them knockout drops so that he could escape with Ignacia's money. Unfortunately, his dose was too powerful.

Cast

Carlos Larrañaga Carlos Larrañaga Ladrón de Guevara (11 March 1937 – 30 August 2012) was a Spanish actor. Biography Personal life Larrañaga was born in Barcelona to actress María Fernanda Ladrón de Guevara, and was the half-brother of actress Amparo ...

— Fernando *Tota Alba — Ignacia Vidal *Lina Canalejas — Beatriz *

Sara Lezana Sara Lezana Mínguez (born 5 March 1948) is a Spanish flamenco dancer, choreographer and actress. In 1960, she made her debut on Teatro Valle Inclán in Madrid with ''Historia de los Tarantos'', by Alfredo Mañas. Then she made her film debut on ...

— Angelines *

Rafaela Aparicio Rafaela Díaz Valiente MML (9 April 1906 – 9 June 1996) better known as Rafaela Aparicio was a famous Spanish film and theatre actress. She made more than 100 films. The most remembered are Carlos Saura's ''Anna and the Wolves'', ''Mama Tu ...

— Paquita Vidal * Jesus Franco — Venancio Vidal *Luis Marín — Músico *

María Luisa Ponte María Luisa Ponte Mancini (21 June 1918 – 2 May 1996) was a Spanish actress. She appeared in more than 130 films and television shows between 1952 and 1995. She appeared in the 1977 film ''Black Litter'', which was entered into the 27th ...

— Mercera

External links

* 1964 films 1960s Spanish-language films 1964 comedy-drama films Spanish black comedy films Spanish black-and-white films Spain in fiction Films directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez 1960s Spanish films {{comedy-drama-film-stub