The Tobacconist of Vallecas
ComedyDrama
Leandro, an unemployed mason and his friend, Tocho, attempt to rob a tobacconist in the Vallecas district of Madrid, but Mrs. Justa, the tobacconist, impedes it alerting the neighbors who notify police. Inside the shop, the confrontation between the two friends and their 'hostages', the tobacconist and her niece Angeles, is relaxing, and a budding sympathy arises between them.
VIBE
A surprisingly warm and humanistic look at desperation and connection. It feels lived-in, with a gentle, observational tone that finds humor and pathos in the mundane struggles of ordinary people.
wrymelancholicquirkybittersweetsteadygritty realismcharacter-driven dramaquirky indiefailureunlikely connectionsocial realismsecond chances
robberypolicemadridspaingunhostageshoptobaccoromancefriendsneighborniecerelationshipmason
