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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: There is ''both'' a Villar del Río and a Villar del Campo in Soria province, which happens to be the most depopulated and rural province in Castile and one of the most in Spain. It's unlikely that anyone involved knew about it. The movie was shot in Guadalix de la Sierra (Madrid) and all the scripts bar the last placed the village in Andalusia.
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* EarWorm: ''Ameriiicaaanooooos, os recibimos con alegríiiiiiiaaaaa...''
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* HilariousInHindsight: The poor village where the movie was shot in later became a very rich residential area for wealthy retirees from Madrid. Nowadays, it's as famous as the location of the Spanish version of ''Series/BigBrother''.

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* HilariousInHindsight: The poor village where the movie was shot in later became a very rich residential area for wealthy retirees from Madrid. Nowadays, it's just as famous as for being the shooting location of the Spanish version of ''Series/BigBrother''.
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* FountainOfMemes: Any reference to the balcony scene and the welcome rehersal are immediately recognized in Spain.

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* FountainOfMemes: Any reference to the balcony scene and the welcome rehersal are is immediately recognized in Spain.



* HilariousInHindsight: The poor village where the movie was shot in later became a very rich residence for wealthy retirees from Madrid. Nowadays, it's as famous as the location of the Spanish version of ''Series/BigBrother''.

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* HilariousInHindsight: The poor village where the movie was shot in later became a very rich residence residential area for wealthy retirees from Madrid. Nowadays, it's as famous as the location of the Spanish version of ''Series/BigBrother''.
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* CastTheExpert: Excluding the main characters, the villagers were played by actual villagers from Guadalix de la Sierra, a village in the mountains north of Madrid which was a very poor region at the time. The children were paid 25 pesetas for day of shooting. If the movie had not shot there, they would have been picking potatos for 18.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: The ending, when everyone collaborates to pay the village's new debt (even Don Luis and Manolo).
* TheDanza: Manolo Morán as Manolo.
* DeletedScene:
** Miss Eloísa's dream, where she dreams of her alumni morphing into AmericanFootball players and tackling her.
** The shot of the American flag in a puddle was censored at the request of an American jury member in the 1953 Cannes festival and not reinserted until 1980.



* ExecutiveMeddling:
** Little from the executives themselves, actually. Their only three conditions were that the movie should be a musical, set in Andalusia and starring Lolita Sevilla. It [[WriterRevolt ended being]] a political comedy with brief musical numbers, set in a Castilian village pretending to be Andalusian, and with Lolita Sevilla as an AdvertisedExtra.
** The Francoist censorship was also unusually kind, simply cutting the teacher's semi-sexual dream and any implication that the priest was anything but morally virtuous.



* HilariousInHindsight: The poor village where the movie was shot in later became a very rich residence for wealthy retirees from Madrid. Nowadays, it's as famous as the location of the Spanish version of ''BigBrother''.
* ItWasHisSled: The Americans drive past the village, rendering the villagers efforts to give them the best welcome AllForNothing.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: ''{{Averted|Trope}}.'' It is often assumed that the film was somehow censored or "damned" during the dictatorship. It was actually shown freely.
* LyingCreator: The above rumor was fueled by the director himself decades later. Berlanga also claimed in the early 70s that he had been arrested in the leadup to the Cannes festival over suspicions of counterfeiting, due to the film's promotional material including fake dollar bills with the image of Lolita Sevilla and Pepe Isbert. There is no evidence at all that it ever happened.
* NoBudget: A third common myth about the film is that it was done in a string budget. It was actually quite expensive for the standards of the time and its main actors were among the best paid in the industry. On the other hand, this didn't mean ''that'' much in the still semi-blockaded Spain of the post-war. There is at least a claim that the teacher's dream was not filmed at all, rather than neutered, because of budget concerns. Others say that it was because it was near impossible to find actors that looked like stereotypical American Football players in early 50s Madrid.
* RealitySubtext: Yeah, the film's better understood if you know what the Marshall Plan was and why Spain didn't benefit from it.
* StarMakingRole:
** For Berlanga. It was his second (long) film ever.
** [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-Zagged]] with Lolita Sevilla. She was an up and coming Copla singer who expected this film to be a typical Andalusian musical comedy and do for her what others had done earlier for Rosa Montiel and Marujita Díaz in the 1940s and early 50s. As such, she was very angry with Berlanga for "stealing her film" and ruining her career, in her opinion. Ironically, the Andalusian musical comedy died shortly after and the entire genre became blacklisted as many Spaniards saw it as backwards and a staple of the harshest part of the Francoist regime. In the end, this film became the only reason why Lolita Sevilla is known at all, so it was her real star-making role ''because'' it was not tailor-made for her.
* TroubledProduction: Yet another myth. The authorities didn't actually interfer with the shooting.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Besides the already mentioned original plan of the producers and the cut dream sequence, there is the likelihood, pointed out by Spanish film critics, that the film would have been severely censored if it had just come a few months later, ''after'' the Pact of Madrid. TheFrancoRegime ''then'' would have been very hostile to the idea of offending the newly found American friend.
* WriterRevolt: Everything Berlanga and co. did.

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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: The ending, when everyone collaborates to pay the village's new debt (even Don Luis and Manolo).
* HilariousInHindsight: The poor village where the movie was shot in later became a very rich residence for wealthy retirees from Madrid. Nowadays, it's as famous as the location of the Spanish version of ''BigBrother''.
''Series/BigBrother''.
* ItWasHisSled: The Americans drive past the village, rendering the villagers efforts to give them the best welcome AllForNothing.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: ''{{Averted|Trope}}.'' It is often assumed that the film was somehow censored or "damned" during the dictatorship. It was actually shown freely.
* LyingCreator: The above rumor was fueled by the director himself decades later. Berlanga also claimed in the early 70s that he had been arrested in the leadup to the Cannes festival over suspicions of counterfeiting, due to the film's promotional material including fake dollar bills with the image of Lolita Sevilla and Pepe Isbert. There is no evidence at all that it ever happened.
* NoBudget: A third common myth about the film is that it was done in a string budget. It was actually quite expensive for the standards of the time and its main actors were among the best paid in the industry. On the other hand, this didn't mean ''that'' much in the still semi-blockaded Spain of the post-war. There is at least a claim that the teacher's dream was not filmed at all, rather than neutered, because of budget concerns. Others say that it was because it was near impossible to find actors that looked like stereotypical American Football players in early 50s Madrid.
* RealitySubtext: Yeah, the film's better understood if you know what the Marshall Plan was and why Spain didn't benefit from it.
* StarMakingRole:
** For Berlanga. It was his second (long) film ever.
** [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-Zagged]] with Lolita Sevilla. She was an up and coming Copla singer who expected this film to be a typical Andalusian musical comedy and do for her what others had done earlier for Rosa Montiel and Marujita Díaz in the 1940s and early 50s. As such, she was very angry with Berlanga for "stealing her film" and ruining her career, in her opinion. Ironically, the Andalusian musical comedy died shortly after and the entire genre became blacklisted as many Spaniards saw it as backwards and a staple of the harshest part of the Francoist regime. In the end, this film became the only reason why Lolita Sevilla is known at all, so it was her real star-making role ''because'' it was not tailor-made for her.
* TroubledProduction: Yet another myth. The authorities didn't actually interfer with the shooting.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Besides the already mentioned original plan of the producers and the cut dream sequence, there is the likelihood, pointed out by Spanish film critics, that the film would have been severely censored if it had just come a few months later, ''after'' the Pact of Madrid. TheFrancoRegime ''then'' would have been very hostile to the idea of offending the newly found American friend.
* WriterRevolt: Everything Berlanga and co. did.
AllForNothing.
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** [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-Zagged]] with Lolita Sevilla. She was an up and coming Copla singer who expected this film to be a typical Andalusian musical comedy and do for her what others had done earlier for Rosa Montiel and Marujita Díaz in the 1940s and early 50s. As such, she was very angry with Berlanga for "stealing her film" and ruining her career, in her opinion. Ironically, the Andalusian musical comedy died shortly after and the entire genere became blacklisted as many Spaniards saw it as backwards and a staple of the harshest part of the Francoist regime. In the end, this film became the only reason why Lolita Sevilla is known at all, so it was her real star-making role ''because'' it was not tailor-made for her.

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** [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-Zagged]] with Lolita Sevilla. She was an up and coming Copla singer who expected this film to be a typical Andalusian musical comedy and do for her what others had done earlier for Rosa Montiel and Marujita Díaz in the 1940s and early 50s. As such, she was very angry with Berlanga for "stealing her film" and ruining her career, in her opinion. Ironically, the Andalusian musical comedy died shortly after and the entire genere genre became blacklisted as many Spaniards saw it as backwards and a staple of the harshest part of the Francoist regime. In the end, this film became the only reason why Lolita Sevilla is known at all, so it was her real star-making role ''because'' it was not tailor-made for her.
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* ItWasHisSled: See AllForNothing.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: ''[[AvertedTrope Averted]].'' It is often assumed that the film was somehow censored or "damned" during the dictatorship. It was actually shown freely.

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* ItWasHisSled: See The Americans drive past the village, rendering the villagers efforts to give them the best welcome AllForNothing.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: ''[[AvertedTrope Averted]].''{{Averted|Trope}}.'' It is often assumed that the film was somehow censored or "damned" during the dictatorship. It was actually shown freely.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen
* WriterRevolt

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen
WhatCouldHaveBeen: Besides the already mentioned original plan of the producers and the cut dream sequence, there is the likelihood, pointed out by Spanish film critics, that the film would have been severely censored if it had just come a few months later, ''after'' the Pact of Madrid. TheFrancoRegime ''then'' would have been very hostile to the idea of offending the newly found American friend.
* WriterRevoltWriterRevolt: Everything Berlanga and co. did.

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* TroubledProduction

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* TroubledProductionTroubledProduction: Yet another myth. The authorities didn't actually interfer with the shooting.
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** [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-Zagged]] with Lolita Sevilla. She was an up and coming Copla singer who expected this film to be a typical Andalusian musical comedy and do for her what others had done earlier for Rosa Montiel and Marujita Díaz in the 1940s and early 50s. As such, she was very angry with Berlanga for "stealing her film" and ruining her career, in her opinion. Ironically, the Andalusian musical comedy died shortly after and the entire became basically blacklisted as many Spaniards considered it backwards and a staple of the Francoist regime. As a result, this film is basically the only reason why Lolita Sevilla is known at all, so it ended being her real star-making role ''because'' it was not tailor-made for her.

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** [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-Zagged]] with Lolita Sevilla. She was an up and coming Copla singer who expected this film to be a typical Andalusian musical comedy and do for her what others had done earlier for Rosa Montiel and Marujita Díaz in the 1940s and early 50s. As such, she was very angry with Berlanga for "stealing her film" and ruining her career, in her opinion. Ironically, the Andalusian musical comedy died shortly after and the entire genere became basically blacklisted as many Spaniards considered saw it as backwards and a staple of the harshest part of the Francoist regime. As a result, In the end, this film is basically became the only reason why Lolita Sevilla is known at all, so it ended being was her real star-making role ''because'' it was not tailor-made for her.

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* RealitySubtext
* StarMakingRole

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* RealitySubtext
RealitySubtext: Yeah, the film's better understood if you know what the Marshall Plan was and why Spain didn't benefit from it.
* StarMakingRoleStarMakingRole:
** For Berlanga. It was his second (long) film ever.
** [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-Zagged]] with Lolita Sevilla. She was an up and coming Copla singer who expected this film to be a typical Andalusian musical comedy and do for her what others had done earlier for Rosa Montiel and Marujita Díaz in the 1940s and early 50s. As such, she was very angry with Berlanga for "stealing her film" and ruining her career, in her opinion. Ironically, the Andalusian musical comedy died shortly after and the entire became basically blacklisted as many Spaniards considered it backwards and a staple of the Francoist regime. As a result, this film is basically the only reason why Lolita Sevilla is known at all, so it ended being her real star-making role ''because'' it was not tailor-made for her.

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** Little from the executives themselves, actually. Their only three conditions were that the movie be a musical, set in Andalusia and starring Lolita Sevilla. It [[WriterRevolt ended being]] a political comedy with brief musical numbers, set in a Castilian village pretending to be Andalusian, and with Lolita Sevilla as an AdvertisedExtra.

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** Little from the executives themselves, actually. Their only three conditions were that the movie should be a musical, set in Andalusia and starring Lolita Sevilla. It [[WriterRevolt ended being]] a political comedy with brief musical numbers, set in a Castilian village pretending to be Andalusian, and with Lolita Sevilla as an AdvertisedExtra.AdvertisedExtra.
** The Francoist censorship was also unusually kind, simply cutting the teacher's semi-sexual dream and any implication that the priest was anything but morally virtuous.



* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
* LyingCreator
* NoBudget

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
KeepCirculatingTheTapes: ''[[AvertedTrope Averted]].'' It is often assumed that the film was somehow censored or "damned" during the dictatorship. It was actually shown freely.
* LyingCreator
LyingCreator: The above rumor was fueled by the director himself decades later. Berlanga also claimed in the early 70s that he had been arrested in the leadup to the Cannes festival over suspicions of counterfeiting, due to the film's promotional material including fake dollar bills with the image of Lolita Sevilla and Pepe Isbert. There is no evidence at all that it ever happened.
* NoBudgetNoBudget: A third common myth about the film is that it was done in a string budget. It was actually quite expensive for the standards of the time and its main actors were among the best paid in the industry. On the other hand, this didn't mean ''that'' much in the still semi-blockaded Spain of the post-war. There is at least a claim that the teacher's dream was not filmed at all, rather than neutered, because of budget concerns. Others say that it was because it was near impossible to find actors that looked like stereotypical American Football players in early 50s Madrid.

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* CastTheExpert: Except for the main characters, the villagers were played by actual villagers from Guadalix de la Sierra, a village in the mountains north of Madrid which was a very poor region at the time. The children were paid 25 pesetas for day of shooting. If the movie had not shot there, they would have been picking potatos for 18.

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* CastTheExpert: Except for Excluding the main characters, the villagers were played by actual villagers from Guadalix de la Sierra, a village in the mountains north of Madrid which was a very poor region at the time. The children were paid 25 pesetas for day of shooting. If the movie had not shot there, they would have been picking potatos for 18.



* EarWorm
* ExecutiveMeddling
* FountainOfMemes
* HilariousInHindsight

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** Miss Eloísa's dream, where she dreams of her alumni morphing into AmericanFootball players and tackling her.
** The shot of the American flag in a puddle was censored at the request of an American jury member in the 1953 Cannes festival and not reinserted until 1980.
* EarWorm
EarWorm: ''Ameriiicaaanooooos, os recibimos con alegríiiiiiiaaaaa...''
* ExecutiveMeddling
ExecutiveMeddling:
** Little from the executives themselves, actually. Their only three conditions were that the movie be a musical, set in Andalusia and starring Lolita Sevilla. It [[WriterRevolt ended being]] a political comedy with brief musical numbers, set in a Castilian village pretending to be Andalusian, and with Lolita Sevilla as an AdvertisedExtra.
* FountainOfMemes
FountainOfMemes: Any reference to the balcony scene and the welcome rehersal are immediately recognized in Spain.
* HilariousInHindsightHilariousInHindsight: The poor village where the movie was shot in later became a very rich residence for wealthy retirees from Madrid. Nowadays, it's as famous as the location of the Spanish version of ''BigBrother''.



* KeepCirculatingTheTapes

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapesKeepCirculatingTheTapes:

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* CastTheExpert: Except for the main characters, the villagers were played by actual villagers from Guadalix de la Sierra, a village in the mountains north of Madrid which was a very poor region at the time (ironically, it has since become an area for retirees and second residences of wealthy people from the capital). The children were paid 25 pesetas for day of shooting. If the movie had not shot there, they would have been picking potatos for 18.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming
* TheDanza
* DeletedScene

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* CastTheExpert: Except for the main characters, the villagers were played by actual villagers from Guadalix de la Sierra, a village in the mountains north of Madrid which was a very poor region at the time (ironically, it has since become an area for retirees and second residences of wealthy people from the capital).time. The children were paid 25 pesetas for day of shooting. If the movie had not shot there, they would have been picking potatos for 18.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming
CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: The ending, when everyone collaborates to pay the village's new debt (even Don Luis and Manolo).
* TheDanza
TheDanza: Manolo Morán as Manolo.
* DeletedSceneDeletedScene:


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* WhatCouldHaveBeen
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* CastTheExpert: Except for the main characters, the villagers were played by actual villagers from Guadalix de la Sierra, a village in the mountains north of Madrid which was a very poor region at the time (ironically, it has since become an area for retirees and second residences of wealthy people from the capital). The children were paid 25 pesetas for day of shooting. If the movie had not shot there, they would have been picking potatos for 18.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming
* TheDanza
* DeletedScene
* EarWorm
* ExecutiveMeddling
* FountainOfMemes
* HilariousInHindsight
* ItWasHisSled: See AllForNothing.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes
* LyingCreator
* NoBudget
* RealitySubtext
* StarMakingRole
* TroubledProduction
* WriterRevolt

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