We Treat Women Too Well / Tratamos demasiado bien a las mujeres

Have a laugh in one of the darkest corners of Spanish history with Clara Bilbao’s debut black comedy, a Spanish-French co-production based on the 1947 pulp novel by Raymond Queneau. Set in the autumn of 1945, right after the establishment of Franco’s dictatorship, a group of ‘Maquis’ rebels are on their way to escape across the French border. They abruptly decide to hijack a post-office in a seemingly helpless town where they will find an unsuspected threat among their hostages: Remedios Buendía (Carmen Machi), an ultra-Catholic woman bound to marry a Francoist general who won’t let some petty anarchists spoil her big day. Odd girlboss or fascist lunatic? That will be up to you to decide in a hysterical battle where no ideology will be left unscathed.

“Carmen Machi leads the fray in this reverse-engineered Spanish civil war shoot-’em-up.” – Screen

The screening will be proceeded by an Introduction to Cannes showreel at 6pm.