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

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

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 ''Mar ...

and based on the play of the same name by Fernando Lázaro Carreter published under the

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Fernando Ángel Lozano. It stars Paco Martínez Soria as Agustín Valverde, an old widower peasant from the

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ese village of Calacierva who decides to go to

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to live with his son and daughter-in-law. It was the highest-grossing Spanish film between 1965 and 1968 with 65,645,694 pesetas.

Cast

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

Eduardo Fajardo Eduardo Martínez Fajardo (14 August 1924 – 4 July 2019) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in 183 films, 75 plays and made 2,000 television appearances between 1947 and 2002. Biography He was born in Meis, Pontevedra on 14 August 19 ...

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

Alfredo Landa Alfredo Landa Areta MML (3 March 19339 May 2013) was a Spanish actor. Biography He was born in Pamplona, Navarre. He finished his pre-university studies in Donostia-San Sebastián. He then began university studies in law, where he began to ...

as Genaro * Gracita Morales as Filo *

José Sacristán José María Sacristán Turiégano (born 27 September 1937), better known as José Sacristán, is a Spanish film, theatre, and television actor. He made his feature film debut in 1965 in '. At Gijón International Film Festival in 2015, he r ...

as Venancio * Margot Cottens as Geno * María Luisa Ponte as Carolina *

Sancho Gracia Félix Ángel Sancho Gracia (27 September 1936 – 8 August 2012) was a Spanish motion picture and television actor. Career Born in Madrid, Gracia started his acting career in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he lived from 1947 until 1961. In Urugu ...

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