This Spanish film really wants to stir up gender hatred. It starts with a robbery: a group of street actors - and one young boy - steal a huge bag of old gold from a local store. As they flee, their motivations emerge: alimony, custody, disdain. All they need to do is make it across the border to France and they can start anew, but first they must pass through Zugarramurdi, a town known as the seat of witchcraft, occupied entirely by women with a deep-seated hatred for men. Seems simple enough, right?
A lot of action doesn't make up for a weak plot, but it does make for an engaging midnight film. It was fine, stupid in places, but I have no interest in seeing it again.
Las Brujas de Zugarramurdi (a.k.a. Witching and Bitching)
2013, 115 minutes, directed by Alex de la Iglesia
It's not really a comedy, but I needed something to tag it with to convey the comical nature of the plot.
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