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1978 Spanish film
What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
Theatrical release poster
Spanish¿Qué hace una chica como tú en un sitio como este?
Directed byFernando Colomo
Screenplay by
Starring
CinematographyJavier Aguirresarobe
Edited byMiguel Ángel Santamaría
Music byLuis de Pablo
Production
company		La Salamandra PC
Release date
  • 25 September 1978 (1978-09-25)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (Spanish: ¿Qué hace una chica como tú en un sitio como este?) is a 1978 comedy film directed by Fernando Colomo from a screenplay by Colomo and Jaime Chávarri which stars Carmen Maura. It helped to consolidate the comedia madrileña, or urban comedy, film trend that emerged during the Transition in Spain.

Plot

The plot follows the vicissitudes of hairdresser Rosa, separated from fascist former cop Jorge, and her escapist forays with a trendy rock musician.

Cast

Production

The film shares its original title with the main theme song, commissioned to music band Burning [es]. It is a La Salamandra PC production. Shooting took place in Madrid during five weeks.

Release

The film was theatrically released in Spain on 25 September 1978. It grossed 38,470,025 ₧ (335,139 admissions).

See also

References

  1. Boehm, Scott (2018). "¿Qué hace una chica como tú en un sitio como este? (What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?) (2003)". In Jimenez Murguía, Salvador; Pinar, Alex (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 315–316. ISBN 9781442271333.
  2. ^ "La intrahistoria de '¿Qué hace una chica como tú en un sitio como este?'". Aragón Cultura. 26 February 2020.
  3. Caparrós Lera 1992, p. 162.
  4. "¿Qué hace una chica como tú en un sitio como este?". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
  5. García, Concha (15 September 2020). "Las mejores películas de Carmen Maura, que hoy cumple 75 años". La Razón.
  6. ^ Boehm 2018, p. 315.
  7. Boehm 2018, p. 316.
  8. ^ Caparrós Lera 1992, p. 170.
  9. Cebollada, Pascual; Santa Eulalia, Mary G. (2000). Madrid y el cine. Panorama filmográfico de cien años de historia (PDF). Madrid: Consejería de Educación. Comunidad de Madrid. p. 129. ISBN 84-451-1821-8.
  10. Caparrós Lera, José María (1992). El cine español de la democracia: de la muerte de Franco al "cambio" socialista (1975-1989). Barcelona: Anthropos. p. 170. ISBN 84-7658-312-5.
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