The Wheelchair
- Comedy
11/3/1960
85
Storyline
Don Anselmo, a retired old man, decides to buy a motorized disabled stroller since all his pensioner friends own one. His family strongly refuses him to purchase the vehicle, so don Anselmo decides to take extreme measures to achieve his goal…
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- Writers:
- madrid, spain
- obsession
- bodily disabled person
- wheelchair
- dark comedy
- franco regime (francoism)
- old man
- motorcycle gang
- tantrum
- disabled
- disability
- scooter
- elderly
- fake illness
- physical disability
- fitting in
- old gang
- elder care
- murder of family
- father son conflict
- anti-fascism
- medical supplies
- extreme measures
- loss of legs
- elder abuse
- disabled person
- motorbike
- motorised youth
- family elder
- death by poisoning
- elderly father
- anti-franco
- fear of missing out
Cast
José IsbertDon Anselmo- Pedro PorcelCarlos
- José Luis López VázquezAlvarito
María Luisa PonteMatilde
Antonio GavilánDon Hilario- José 'Lepe' Álvarez(uncredited)
- Chus LampreaveYolanda Proharán
- Ángel ÁlvarezÁlvarez
- Carmen SantonjaJulita
- Antonio RiquelmeDoctor Don Julio
- María IsbertActing
- Eusebio MorenoDirecting
- Tiburcio CámaraActing
- José Luis HerediaActing
- Antonio Jiménez EscribanoActing
- Jesusa de CastroActing