This diverting movie deals with a widower shepherd , Marcelino (Paco Martínez Soria) , who lives in the Aragonese Pyrenees , at a village called ¨VillaPardillo¨ who watches how his three young daughters called Cándida (Carmen Lozano) , Visitación (Mabel Karr who married Fernando Rey) , and Nieves (Mónica Randall), go to Madrid to encounter new opportunities and a better life . There they all get married , as Cándida married Teo (Valeriano Andrés) , Visitación married Adriano Domínguez , and Nieves , who has a lover , married Alberto (Manuel De Blas) . All of them are unhappy in their marriages and have several children and forgot their father who long time ago they left him alone . One day , the simple-minded Marcelino receives a letter from Cándida , who wants him to stay with her family for some time . What she really wants is some help from her daddy , as she's not able to take care of her ten daughters and her upcoming child . A bit later on , grandfather Marcelino accompanied by a lamb goes to Madrid , but things go awry . Once there , he only encounters a bustling city and he has a lot of problems . Meanwhile , Marcelino falls for a mature widow (Florinda Chico) and attempts to make up to the strange family.
Amusing Spanish comedy with the great Paco Martínez Soria who steals the show with his Aragonese accent , and playing splendidly his usual role as a fast-talking , grumpy as well as sympathetic old man . It is an agreeable picture concerning the silly adventures of an unfortunate as well as botcher shepherd villager who goes to visit his daughters but things get worse . Here is often used the ordinary formula about ¨Fish out water¨ regarding an ingenuous villager goes the noisy Big City . This film is made to entertain , and this movie , especially for a good time and a pleasant entertainment and is also pretty darn funny . Sitting in a strange middle ground between the completely absurd and the stylishly enjoyable . It takes a simple concept a naive shepherd goes to the busy big city , the capital of Spain : Madrid , to meet his unknown daughters ; he , then , encounters a frenetic and hostile world , and also his three unhappy descendants in real problems . There are some nice jokes in the film and the cast , playing eccentric characters , make a cosy fit . The flick interweaves fun comedy along with a social criticism about the peculiar Spain of the 60s . This film packs customary images of the social life from the sixties , nutty situations , but it especially contains catching touches of humor , tongue-in-cheek and irony ; adding the typical Spanish idiosyncrasy . The film is full of familiar faces and cameos , such as : Mabel Karr , Carmen Lozano , Rafaela Aparicio , Rafael López Somoza , Adriano Domínguez , Manuel De Blas , Florinda Chico , Valeriano Andrés , Saturno Cerra and Erasmo Pascual. It includes an atmospheric cinematography by Juan Mariné . And an evocative and catching musical score by Antón García Abril , adding some pop songs by a band called ¨Los Gritos¨ with soundtrack typical of the sixties and early seventies .
¨Old made in Spain¨ was professionally directed by Pedro Lazaga. Lazaga directed various film with the popular comic player Paco Martinez Soria . Pedro was born in Valls , Tarragona , Catalonia , and died on November 30, 1979 in Madrid . He was a prolific director and writer , specially known for Los Chicos del Preu (1967), María Morena (1951), Cuerda De Presos (1956) and Posición Avanzada (1966). Pedro was a craftsman , a notorious director and writer who directed all kind of genres such as Peplum : Siete Espartanos , Wartime : Cuerda De Presos , Posicion Avanzada , Torrepartida , La Patrulla ; Drama : Rostro De Asesino , Otro Arbol De Guernica , but especially known for comedies in low budget . Director Pedro Lazaga made , during the fifties and early sixties , eight films , mostly comedies : ¨Muchachas De Azul¨, Ana Dice Si¨. ¨Luna De Verano¨, ¨Económicamente Debiles¨ , ¨Trio Damas¨ for screenwriter and producer Jose Luis Dibildos and his ¨Agata Films Productions¨. The best of all them resulted to be ¨Los Tramposos¨. He continued making comedies such as Patrulla De Los Once , Los Tramposos , Sabian Demasiado , El Vikingo , ¡No Firmes Más Letras, Cielo! , Vente a Ligar Al Oeste , Hasta El Matrimonio Nos Separe , La Amante Perfecta , Fulanita y Sus Menganos , Vota a Gundisalvo , Terapia Al Desnudo , Tres Suecas Para Tres Rodríguez , Yo soy Fulana de Tal , 5 Almohadas Para Una Noche , En La Cresta De la Ola and several others . His most known films were with the popular comic player Paco Martinez Soria , such as : Abuelo Made in Spain , Padre De La Criatura , Alegre Divorciado , Estoy Hecho Un Chaval , Vaya Par Gemelos , among others .
