Anacleto: Agente Secreto (2015)

August 10, 2023 7:33 AM

[TRAILER] Security guard Adolfo has been dumped by his longtime girlfriend for having no ambition. Even worse, he has somehow become the target of Vázquez, a dangerous criminal just escaped from jail. To survive, Adolfo will need help from his father, who he always believed made sausages for a living. The truth though is that Anacleto is one of the world's finest secret agents. aka Spy Time.

Starring Imanol Arias, Quim Gutiérrez, Carlos Areces, Alexandra Jiménez.

Directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera.

Nominated for multiple Feroz and Goya awards (the Spanish equivalents of the Golden Globes and Oscars, respectively.)

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posted by DirtyOldTown (3 comments total)

A head sup: comedies from Spain are nearly always broader and sillier than contemporary American comedies.

But there are so many great parts to this, particularly the way Anacleto taught Adolfo self-defense without him realizing it.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 8:21 AM on August 10, 2023 [1 favorite]

BTW, this shows on JustWatch as having no US options but it's on Google Play.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 10:44 AM on August 10, 2023

BTW, in our house, we kept referring to Imanol Arias as "Guillermo Roberto Thornton."
posted by DirtyOldTown at 10:48 AM on August 10, 2023 [1 favorite]