Welcome Mr. Marshall!

1953, 1h 18min -

A distant land shrouded in myth and rumor, America looms large in the cultural imagination of a quiet Castilian village, whose impressionable inhabitants dream of benefitting from the country’s postwar plans to aid Europe. When word gets out that a delegation of U.S. diplomats plans to pay a visit, the townsfolk of Villar del Río waste no time in erecting a fantasy worthy of Uncle Sam’s favor, transforming their austere surroundings into a tourist-friendly vision of Andalusian kitsch. With a sly irreverence that led Cannes juror Edward G. Robinson to declare it un-American, Luis García Berlanga’s international breakthrough lampoons the smoke and mirrors that shape national identities from both within and without. Show more

"Welcome Mr. Marshall!" — movie produced in Spain and released in 1953. It has a great rating on IMDb: 7.9 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 18min. "Welcome Mr. Marshall!" is currently available to stream on The Criterion Channel. Click on a playlink to watch it now!