Las verdes praderas [SEP] director
Las verdes praderas
Las verdes praderas () is a 1979 Spanish film written and directed by José Luis Garci, starring Alfredo Landa. The film is a reflection of the years of prosperity lived in Spain after the transition to democracy that followed the death of Francisco Franco.
Plot.
José Rebolledo has a good job at an advertising company and sincerely loves his wife, Elena. The couple has two children and they all seem the perfect family. Without financial problems they can afford some quirks and have acquired a chalet
skilled tackling progressive social themes intended for an audience interested neither in elite art cinema nor in the popular style of most Spanish comedies. He used this same pattern in his third film, "Las verdes praderas" "(The Green Meadows)" (1979), in which heavy sentimentality, a constant in his films, became more apparent.
The director changed gears with "El Crack", in which he used the figure of the hard boiled detective in a story inspired by the novels of Dashiell Hammett, to