Los zancos
1984 · 95 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 235 VOTES · DIR. Carlos Saura
Overview
After the death of his wife, Angel, a university professor and writer, he falls into a severe depression. He flees to his house in the country, but there the evil is accentuated, which leads him to an attempted suicide that Teresa, his young neighbor, saves him. Angel starts a relationship with her and her partner, Alberto. Soon he falls in love with Teresa and, through a passionate relationship, he frees himself from his torments. Teresa, Alberto and her theater group on stilts ask her to write a play to represent her in the town. Obsessed by Teresa, she is vivified with this experience with the young, but she soon moves away from him carnally. This rupture desperate and as Teresa disabuses him of any possibility of continuity, in the mind of Angel reappears suicide as the only solution
Dialogue Timeline — 667 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:04:53 It can't be true.
00:15:47 If you want to kill yourself, find a...
00:18:09 This is Virginia.
00:20:25 The result is lousy. Come on, the food is ready.
00:22:23 Something classical that could be changed...
00:24:19 The audience will be the town's people.
00:32:32 What a surprise.
00:35:37 but you know better than me!
00:37:50 Put her on your lap. That's it.
00:39:55 He didn't care about life and was only twenty-two
00:43:57 - No, it's fine. - Sure?
00:46:23 1,2,3... At the count of two, change.
00:49:22 Alberto wants to leave, he can't stand loneliness.
00:56:38 I can't live without you. I love you, Teresa.
01:01:43 I have to go, the baby has to eat.
01:05:27 - Really? - Yes.
01:08:31 Nothing important, but she took it seriously...
01:11:10 - How good to see you! - Thanks for coming, Manuel
01:13:21 What about your classes? You left the university.
01:15:38 Have you slept with her?
01:18:53 - Remember Marta? - Yes.
01:21:53 A treaty on politics, right, professor?
01:23:36 The child must be killed.
01:29:46 Teresa...