The Twelve Chairs

Year: 1962Certificate: pg

Director:
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Cast:
Enrique Santisteban, Reynaldo Miravalles, René Sánchez
Running Time:
94 mins
Language:
Spanish
English Subtitles:
Yes
Country of Origin:
Cuba
Genre(s):
Comedy
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When her country is taken over by socialist revolutionaries, a wealthy woman can't bear to give up all of her wealth and possessions to the new government, so she hides all of her treasures in the 12 chairs of a dining-room set. After her death her nephew finds out what she had done and, since the chairs had been "nationalized" and are now in the possession of a dozen different people, he sets out to track them down and get the treasures he believes rightfully belong to him.

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