Verano 70

Funny and fun Spanish comedy with a top-notch cast formed by the biggest hilarious actors from the sixties and Seventies . Benidorm is a seaside resort in Alicante , Comunidad Valenciana, where Spanish people and foreigners on vacation meet themselves, resulting in agreeable showing in lives of four marriages and their children , they are the following ones: Juanjo Menéndez married to Diana Lorys , José Sazatornil married to Trini Alonso , Mónica Randall to Jesús Puente , Luis Dávila to Marisol Ayuso . Shortly after, they will leave Benidorm to go Madrid to work while wives stay in Benidorm. In Madrid , the ¨Rodriguez¨womanizer husbands attempt flirts with the foreign girls , while romantic complications , and jealous occuring here and there .

Typical Spanish comedy with a choral casting in a rather slight holiday story about the tourist boom in the 60s Spanish period , also dealing with issues of middle-class family and other addictions . And being full of frivolity , egoism , duplicity , adultery and deceits . It is a mediocre and silly picture and it lacks sparkle , mayhem and madness of the other Spanish comedies , adding a so-so script by Antonio Vich and Pedro Masó who was producer as well . Made in the style of ¨Fernando Merino's Amor-a-la-espanola (1967)¨ or the subsequent ¨Pedro Lazaga's Tres suecas para tres Rodríguez (1975)¨ contains comedic events and dealing with family customs , showing typical sunny images in the Sixties . Nice performances from a large cast but is Diana Lorys who steals the show as the charming , gorgeous and jealous wife . Highlights , above all, a great plethora of notorious actors playing attractive roles , formed by the married couples : Juanjo Menéndez, Diana Lorys, José Sazatornil (as José Sazatornil 'Saza'), Mónica Randall, Jesús Puente, Trini Alonso, Luis Dávila and Marisol Ayuso. Along with other fine secondary players as Rafaela Aparicio , Marta Baizán , Manuel de Blas , Carmen Martínez Sierra , Maribel Hidalgo and brief apperance by La Polaca singing and dancing a Flamenco song .

It displays atmospheric , evocative cinematography by cameran Juan Mariné . Including enjoyable score by Antón García Abril with catching songs performed by Marta Baizán such as ¨Don José¨ lyrics by Miguel Portolés and ¨El despertar de tu amor¨ , lyrics by José Comas and music by Mario Sellés. Produced by prolific producer Pedro Masó , the motion picture was regularly directed by Pedro Lazaga and shot in fits and starts. Lazaga was born in Valls , Tarragona , Catalonia , and died on November 30, 1979 in Madrid . He was a prolific director and writer , specially known for Los Chicos del Preu (1967), María Morena (1951), Cuerda De Presos (1956) and Posición Avanzada (1966). Lazaga directed various film with the popular comic player Paco Martinez Soria .Pedro was a craftsman , a notorious director and writer who directed all kind of genres such as Peplum : Siete Espartanos , Wartime : Cuerda De Presos , Posicion Avanzada , Torrepartida , La Patrulla ; Drama : Rostro De Asesino , Otro Arbol De Guernica , but especially known for comedies in low budget . Director Pedro Lazaga made , during the fifties and early sixties , eight films , mostly comedies : ¨Muchachas De Azul¨, Ana Dice Si¨. ¨Luna De Verano¨, ¨Económicamente Debiles¨ , ¨Trio Damas¨ for screenwriter and producer Jose Luis Dibildos and his ¨Agata Films Productions¨. The best of all them resulted to be ¨Los Tramposos¨. He continued making comedies such as Patrulla De Los Once , Los Tramposos , Sabian Demasiado , El Vikingo , ¡No Firmes Más Letras, Cielo! , Vente a Ligar Al Oeste , Hasta El Matrimonio Nos Separe , La Amante Perfecta , Fulanita y Sus Menganos , Vota a Gundisalvo , Terapia Al Desnudo , Tres Suecas Para Tres Rodríguez , Yo soy Fulana de Tal , 5 Almohadas Para Una Noche , En La Cresta De la Ola and several others . His most known films were with the popular comic player Paco Martinez Soria , such as : Abuelo Made in Spain or Old made in Spain, , Padre De La Criatura , Alegre Divorciado , Estoy Hecho Un Chaval , Vaya Par Gemelos , among others.