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Trotín Troteras

1962 · 17 min

A dry, deadpan drift through small absurdities, watching odd men fuss over pointless rituals with quiet amusement.

Directed by: Antonio Mercero
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Sergio Mendizábal, Emiliano Redondo, Manuel Galiana

Overview: Trotín Troteras is the disinterested witness of the absurd situations lived first by a lecturer and then by a soldier with an umbrella, which opens when it stops raining and closes when it rains…

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Directed by: Antonio Mercero
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Sergio Mendizábal, Emiliano Redondo, Manuel Galiana

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Tone: absurdstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
madness
identity
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	7
Realism	6
Romance	0
Tension	2
Darkness	3
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Antonio Mercero
Written by: Antonio Mercero
Starring: Sergio Mendizábal, Emiliano Redondo, Manuel Galiana, Juan Ramón de la Cuadra, Luisa Muñoz Schneider, María Elena Flores, Manuel de Blas, Francisco Chuliá
Cinematography: Lorenzo de Pablo
Runtime: 17 min
Country: Spain
Languages: Spanish

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