It concerns Marcos (Santiago Ramos) , a labor leader , at the beginning he is relentlessly pursued , being beaten and injured by the thugs of the enterprise bosses and finally obligated to take shelter . The one in charge to protect him results to be Aurora (Alicia Sanchez) , a communist woman that works as a teacher in a secondary school . Along the way his syndicate colleagues get together at various encounters and hesitating wether go on with the strike they are proceeding or make a Salomonic decision . As while the employees carrying out strikes , the employers pull off lock-outs . But things go wrong when a merciless vengeance by a nasty employer (Alfredo Mayo) takes place .
The film offers a bitter , violent and sour look at the years of the democratic Transition in Spain. It delivers a visceral critique to pre-and-post-Francisco Franco period , as it is set during Post-Francoist epoch , an early democratic time called Spanish Transition, in the newborn Spanish democracy ; by the time various sharp fims with strong political charge were released , as in hilarious , cynical style : ¨Las Truchas, ¨Tú estas loco Briones¨, ¨Arriba Azaña¨ , ¨Vota a Gundisalvo , as in a more serious wake :¨Sonambulos¨, ¨Fuga de Segovia¨, ¨3 Dias de Enero¨. A twisted and plenty of talking and sex plot written by Paulino Viota himself , portraying the frustrated hopes of a broad social sector and the subsequent vengeance executed by a malicious entrepreneur . It contains a lot of sex , nudism , and some disagreeable scenes when a violent rape takes place and carried out by two rapists played by known secondary actors : Angel De Andres López and Francisco Casares . Pretty good cast and support cast , such as : Santiago Ramos as a syndicate leader forced to reclusive , Alicia Sanchez as a militant of a left party , Luis Politti as a killer , José Manuel Cervino , Francisco Casares, Ángel de Andrés López , Victor Petit , Eduardo Bea , José Thelman , José Yepes and Francisco Vidal , among others .
The movie packs a faded and washed-out cinematography , being really necessary an alright remastering , because of the film copy is worn-out . Being photographed by the prolific as well as prestigious Raul Artigot who had a long career including films as Secretos de alcoba , La espuela , La iniciación en el amor , Las camarera, Ligeramente viudas , Manuela , Esclava te doy , Vida íntima de un seductor cínico , No quiero perder la honra , El Buque maldito , La chica del pijama amarillo , La criatura , Los demonios , Coqueluche , La semana del asesino . It packs an atmospheric musical score by Julián Llinas , and adding : Sonata in A minor, Op. 1, nº 4 written by as Georg Friedrich Haendel and songs : Con uñas y dientes performed by Alicia Sánchez and Lyrics by Javier Vega , music by Julián Llinás Mascaró . The motion picture was professionally but regularly directed by Paulino Viota and in short as well scrawny budget , financed by producer Angel Huete . This is the second film by Paulino Viota , a Cantabrian filmmaker , his first one was ¨Contactos¨1970 , his second one : ¨Con uñas y dientes¨ 1979 , and third : ¨Cuerpo a cuerpo¨ 1984 and he also has made and edited Shorts as ¨Jaula de todos¨ and ¨The Last Days of Margaret Thatcher¨ .
