April 1939, a few days after the end of the war, Franco wants to offer his generals a dinner at the Palace Hotel of Madrid, But the luxurious hotel is far from its better days: bombarded, like the rest of Madrid, it finds that the right-wing waiters have nothing to serve, and the cooks (on the left) are in jail. For dinner to go ahead lieutenant Medina will follow the suggestion from the hotel maitre'd Genaro: free the cooks for a day. Alonso de Santos uses the setting of the...
More DescriptionApril 1939, a few days after the end of the war, Franco wants to offer his generals a dinner at the Palace Hotel of Madrid, But the luxurious hotel is far from its better days: bombarded, like the rest of Madrid, it finds that the right-wing waiters have nothing to serve, and the cooks (on the left) are in jail. For dinner to go ahead lieutenant Medina will follow the suggestion from the hotel maitre'd Genaro: free the cooks for a day. Alonso de Santos uses the setting of the kitchen to function as the expression of the two Spains presenting a reality that is both tragic and raw. This tragicomedy explores themes of basic human values: good work, dignity, reconciliation, and many others.