El Cochecito

{{short description|1960 film}} {{Infobox film | name = El Cochecito | image = El cochecito.jpg | caption = | director = Marco Ferreri | based_on = El Cochecito by Rafael Azcona | producer = Pere Portabella as Pedro Portabella | writer = Rafael Azcona Marco Ferreri | narrator = | starring = José Isbert José Luis López Vázquez Pedro Porcel Chus Lampreave María Luisa Ponte María Isbert | music = Miguel Asins Arbó | cinematography = Juan Julio Baena | editing = Pedro del Rey | distributor = Paramount Pictures | released = {{Film date|1960|11|03|df=yes}} | runtime = 86 minutes | country = Spain | language = Spanish | budget = }}

'''''El Cochecito''''' ('''The Wheelchair''') is a 1960 Spanish black comedy film directed by Marco Ferreri.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goodman |first1=Walter |title=El Cochecito |work=The New York Times |date=29 June 1987 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/29/movies/film-el-cochecito.html |access-date=20 November 2023}}</ref> The film is based on Rafael Azcona's novel and Azcona co-wrote the script with Ferreri. The film was a huge flop when it was released in Spain, but nowadays is a cult classic. The film had troubles with Spanish censorship, that forced to change and cut the original ending.<ref>{{Cite web |title=EL COCHECITO {{!}} Festival de Cine de Sevilla |url=http://festivalcinesevilla.eu/en/films/el-cochecito |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=Festiva de Sevilla |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CLOSE-UP {{!}} El Cochecito |url=https://www.closeupfilmcentre.com/film_programmes/2019/pere-portabella/el-cochecito |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=www.closeupfilmcentre.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=EL COCHECITO {{!}} Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival |url=https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/film/el-cochecito/ |access-date=2023-11-20 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=FILM: 'EL COCHECITO' |work=The New York Times |date=29 June 1987 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/29/movies/film-el-cochecito.html |archive-date= |last1=Goodman |first1=Walter }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-29 |title="El cochecito": historia de un atropello de la censura |url=https://www.larazon.es/cultura/el-cochecito--historia-de-un-atropello-de-la-censura-IL19655973/ |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=www.larazon.es |language=es}}</ref>

==Plot== Don Anselmo Proharán (José Isbert) is an old man totally determined to acquire an invalid stroller with a motor, just like the one his friend Lucas and other companions his age have. Despite the opposition of his entire family, Don Anselmo does not give up on his whim, even if to achieve it he is forced to sell the family jewels. When his son Carlos finds out, he forces him to return it. In revenge, Don Anselmo makes the decision to poison his family. When he tries to flee in his stroller, however, he is eventually detained by the Civil Guard.

==Cast== * José Isbert as Don Anselmo Proharán * Pedro Porcel as Carlos Proharán * José Luis López Vázquez as Alvarito * María Luisa Ponte as Matilde Proharán * Lepe as Don Lucas (as Jose A. Lepe) * Ángel Álvarez as Álvarez * Antonio Gavilán as Don Hilario * María Isbert as Andrea

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0053724|title=El Cochecito}} * [https://www.allmovie.com/movie/el-cochecito-am141695 ''El Cochecito'' at AllMovie]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cochecito, El}} Category:1960 films Category:1960 black comedy films Category:1960 comedy-drama films Category:1960s crime comedy-drama films Category:Spanish black comedy films Category:Spanish crime comedy-drama films Category:1960 Spanish-language films Category:Spanish black-and-white films Category:Films set in Madrid Category:Films directed by Marco Ferreri Category:Films based on Spanish novels Category:Films with screenplays by Rafael Azcona Category:1960 Spanish films Category:Censored films