La ciudad no es para mí () is a 1966 Spanish

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directed by

Pedro Lazaga Pedro Lazaga Sabater (3 October 1918 – 30 November 1979) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 90 films between 1948 and 1979. Selected filmography * ''The Black Siren'' (1947) * ''María Morena'' (1951) * ...

and based on the play of the same name by Fernando Lázaro Carreter published under the pen name Fernando Ángel Lozano. It stars Paco Martínez Soria as Agustín Valverde, an old widower peasant from the Aragonese village of Calacierva who decides to go to

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to live with his son and daughter-in-law. With a budget of 5 million pesetas, it was the highest-grossing Spanish film of 1968 with 65,645,694 pesetas.

Cast

* Paco Martínez Soria as Agustín Valverde * Doris Coll as Luciana "Luchi" *

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as Dr. Agustín Valverde II * Cristina Galbó as Sara *

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as Genaro * Gracita Morales as Filo *

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as Venancio * Margot Cottens as Geno *

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as Carolina *

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as Dr. Ricardo Torres

References

External links

* 1966 comedy films 1966 films Films directed by Pedro Lazaga Spanish comedy films Films scored by Antón García Abril Films about internal migration 1960s Spanish films 1960s Spanish-language films Spanish-language comedy films {{1960s-Spain-film-stub