Girls for Mercenaries

This excellent short film written by the magnificent filmmaker duo of Luis García Berlanga and screenwriter Rafael Azcona was to be part of a series entitled Los Pícaros (The Rogues) which was never continued. These two artists were responsible for such masterpieces of Spanish cinema as Plácido and El verdugo (The Executioner). Here, Berlanga and Azcona collaborated for the first time, setting the stage for the post-war "Berlanguiana" vision that would develop. José Luis López Vázquez plays Julián, a seedy swindler, who with his cronies tries to sell a streetcar to a rich but naive farmer, a newcomer to the city. High jinx ensue. With this film begins the great stage of Berlanga's filmmaking in which he mixes a little social criticism and notes of anti-clericalism with a great deal of farce.

Guillermo, who is twelve years old, is in love with Margarita, a girl who is a year older than him and who prefers to date more mature boys. Valentín and Josefa, who are in their seventies, dream of escaping together from the retirement home where they live so they can get married.

A cache of cocaine is stolen in France. Following the trail of the assailants, two men from the organization reach Madrid, where they suspect that the loot may be hidden.

Mixing documentary and fiction, Mi firma en las paredes is a portrait of the early days of Grafitti in Spain.