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The Court of the Pharaoh

1985 · 98 min Comedy Music
5.5 / 10 · TMDB

In the early Spanish Civil Post-war, in Madrid, during the most hard times of the Franco dictatorship, a group of second-rate players try to get out of their wretched lives taking advantage of the artistic caprices of the son of a rich man who supports the regime. They try to stage a Pre-war 'zarzuela' (a sort of Spanish operetta), 'La Corte Del Faraón', which ironically, thirty years later, is too obscene for the regime censorship. They finally manage to perform the 'zarzuela' but end up in the police station where they confirm that justice depends on which side are you on

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Original Title La corte del Faraón
Year 1985
Country Spain
Genre Comedy, Music
Director José Luis García Sánchez
Runtime 98 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.5/10 (26 votes)

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The film constructs a sharp satire by contrasting the innocent theatricality of a pre-war zarzuela with the grim reality of Francoist Spain. It explores art as a form of quiet resistance and the absurdity of a censorship apparatus terrified by a frivolous operetta.

What lingers after the final act is a poignant sense of how political oppression twists justice and corrupts simple dreams. The laughter is always tinged with the bitterness of reality. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: José Luis García Sánchez

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