National Heritage

National Heritage — Plot

After the death of General Franco, the Leguineche family leaves their estate of Los Tejadillos, where they have remained for decades in voluntary exile, with the purpose of returning to Madrid to actively participate in the social events of the aristocracy and to get closer to the closest circle of the Spanish monarch. The obsession of the old marquis is centered on getting in touch with the most illustrious surnames, to ascend socially and to resume the pomp and courtly life that his family lost a long time ago. To this end, he decides to move into an old palace he owns, located in the center of the capital, but not before overcoming the difficulties posed by his wife, who deeply hates both her husband and her son. To regain control of the palace, the Marquis of Leguineche tries to handicap his wife, arguing an incurable mental illness, and then undertake a reform of the place in order to adapt it to aristocratic life.

• Release date
• March 26, 1981
• Runtime
• 112 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Luis García Berlanga

National Heritage — Cast

Agustín González Padre Calvo Luis Escobar Marqués de Leguineche Luis Ciges Segundo José Luis López Vázquez Luis José Amparo Soler Leal Chus Alfredo Mayo Nacho José Lifante Goyo Mary Santpere Condesa