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Rafael Azcona has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 1990s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by The Executioner.
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An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retirement.
Dir. Luis García Berlanga · With Nino Manfredi, Emma Penella, José Isbert

The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936. Moncho develops a close relationship with his teacher Don Gregorio who introduces the boy to different things in the world. While the story centres on Moncho's ordinary coming-of-age experiences, tensions related to the looming Spanish Civil War periodically interrupt Moncho's personal growth and daily life.
Dir. José Luis Cuerda · With Fernando Fernán Gómez, Manuel Lozano, Uxía Blanco

Four friends gather at a villa with the intention of eating themselves to death.
Dir. Marco Ferreri · With Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli
In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.
Dir. Fernando Trueba · With Jorge Sanz, Penélope Cruz, Miriam Díaz-Aroca

During the Spanish Civil War, a troupe of Spanish filmmakers is invited to shoot a film at UFA studios in Nazi Germany.
Dir. Fernando Trueba · With Penélope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Jorge Sanz
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