Comedy · Thriller
Spanish (El extraño viaje)
1964 · Directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez · 89 min
In a small town near Madrid, two grown siblings live under the thumb of their older sister, a grim, controlling woman. The household is cramped, comic and quietly sinister, and the film sits somewhere between village farce and Gothic chill.
Why it matters in cinema history
A key film of 1960s Spanish cinema outside the official mainstream, and an early, bold fusion of rural satire and horror that later Spanish filmmakers would return to.
Watch with intention
Watch the film as a comedy of manners whose humour and unease come from the same source: the rules of a closed household.
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