Movies with the Meadows: Spain in the Sixties | El verdugo

El verdugo (The Executioner), 1963
Directed by Luis García Berlanga
In honor of the Meadows Museum’s sixtieth anniversary, Movies with the Meadows will present three films from the decade of its founding, the 1960s. These films, whether drama, comedy, or satire, capture the spirit of the decade in Spain.

This masterpiece of black humor is a scathing critique of Franco-era values. An undertaker marries an executioner’s daughter and reluctantly takes over her father’s job so the family can keep their government-allotted apartment. A furiously funny personal attack on capital punishment, "El verdugo" evaded the state censors who sought to suppress it and today is regarded as one of the greatest Spanish films of all time.

Movies with the Meadows is proudly presented in collaboration with Dallas Film. While not every film in the series has an MPAA rating, all are intended for mature audiences only.

Spanish with English subtitles | Satirical comedy | 90 minutes

$5; free for SMU faculty/staff/students and members at the Individual level and above.

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