José Luis Díaz

The filming of an important sequence of a film is about to begin. The lighting double takes his seat, watching as the entire crew moves diligently around him, setting the scene.

In Spain, a couple of days before a collective gay wedding, the lives of five mothers, whose sons will get married, become entwined.

Recounts the experiences of a middle-class family, the Alcántaras, during the last years of the rule of Francisco Franco and the beginning of the Spanish Transition to democracy.

A caustic satire of many of the 'types' found in Spanish society.