Placido
Genres
Overview
In a small Spanish town, during the Christmas holidays, a group of rich old ladies organize a peculiar event that consists of inviting a homeless person to sit down to dinner at their wealthy table. Plácido, a humble worker, is hired by the organizers to participate in a parade with his three-wheeled vehicle, a seemingly simple mission that will not be easy for him to accomplish.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
84 min
Release Date
1962-06-27
Status
Released
Original Language
Spanish
Vote Count
82
Vote Average
7.646
Cassen
Plácido
José Luis López Vázquez
Gabino Quintanilla
Elvira Quintillá
Emilia
Manuel Alexandre
Julián
Mario Bustos
Don Rodolfo
María Francés
Nun
Carmen Yepes
Martita
Jesús Puche
Roberto Llamas
Olmedo
Amelia de la Torre
Mrs. Galán
Juan G. Medina
José María Caffarel
Zapater
Xan das Bolas
Rivas - The Administrator
Fernando Delgado
Bañares
Laura Granados
Erika
Juan Manuel Simón
Roberto Bonifaz - The Young Beau
Carmen Valencia
Maruja Collado
Gloria Fernán Osuna
Lali
Francisco Aguilera
Juan Torres
José 'Lepe' Álvarez
Emilia's Father
José Orjas
Mr. Gil - The Notary
Xavier Vivé
Camino Delgado
Félix Fernández
The Galáns' Poor Man
Carmen Pradillo
Erasmo Pascual
Notary's Old Employee
J. C. Tejeiro
Agustín González
Don Álvaro Gil
Julia Delgado Caro
Doña María Helguera
Antonio Gandía
Pascual
José Franco
Don Matías Helguera
Amparo Gómez Ramos
Antonia - The Helgueras' Handmaid
José María Gavilán
Dentist
Carmen Contreras
Maruja
Luis Ciges
Dentist's Poor Man
Ángel Company
Priest
Julia Caba Alba
Concheta
Antonio Ferrandis
Ramiro
Emilio Sancho
Vicente Llosá
Amparo Soler Leal
Marilú
6.4
He Was a Quiet Man
An unhinged office worker who planned to go on a shooting spree at his workplace struggles with his newfound status as a hero after he ends up stopping a shooting spree instead.
2007-11-23 | en
6.8
The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper
During the holiday season, when the animals of the Central Park Zoo are preparing for Christmas, Private, the youngest of the penguins notices that the Polar Bear is all alone. Assured that nobody should have to spend Christmas alone, Private goes into the city for some last-minute Christmas shopping. Along the way, he gets stuffed into a stocking
2005-09-23 | en
6.4
Fido
Timmy Robinson's best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido. But when Fido eats the next-door neighbor, Mom and Dad hit the roof, and Timmy has to go to the ends of the earth to keep Fido a part of the family. A boy-and-his-dog movie for grown ups, "Fido" will rip your heart out.
2006-09-07 | en
6.6
Noelle
Kris Kringle's daughter, Noelle, sets off on a mission to find and bring back her brother, after he gets cold feet when it's his turn to take over as Santa.
2019-11-12 | en
6.8
Slap Shot
To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.
1977-02-25 | en
6.9
Nobody's Fool
A rascally nearing-retirement man juggles a workers' compensation suit while secretly working for his nemesis and flirting with his nemesis' young wife. As his estranged son returns, he faces new family responsibilities, while a banker plots to evict him from his home.
1994-12-23 | en
5.3
Toys
Leslie Zevo is a fun-loving inventor who must save his late father's toy factory from his evil uncle, Leland, a war-mongering general who rules the operation with an iron fist and builds weapons disguised as toys.
1992-12-18 | en
7.1
Show Me Love
Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.
1998-10-23 | sv
4.7
Christmas Crush
Twenty-eight-year-old Georgia is convinced the man of her dreams is "the one that got away" back in high school. When Georgia learns of her high school reunion a week before Christmas, she's ecstatic to finally have her chance to win Craig back. But as she gets to relive high school for a night, she begins to realize it might not be Craig at all who got away, but Ben, an old friend with whom she'd fallen out of touch.
2012-11-17 | en
5.2
Nothing but Trouble
While attempting to seduce gorgeous lawyer Diane Lightson, wealthy gadabout Chris Thorne agrees to drive her to Atlantic City, N.J. But, when some reckless driving draws the attention of a deeply critical cop, they and the flamboyant "Brazillionaires" who tagged along end up in the court of a grotesque and vengeful judge, who has a special vendetta against the wealthy and erudite.
1991-02-15 | en
5.3
Look Who's Talking Now!
When high-powered executive Samantha LeBon hatches a scheme to spend a romantic Christmas with her new employee – the unsuspecting, blithesome James – his wife, their kids and their two dogs, Rocks and Daphne, must rescue him before he makes a terrible mistake.
1993-11-05 | en
5.6
A Date by Christmas Eve
When Chelsea Simms, the good-hearted brand strategist for the popular dating app The Nice List, discovers the app has granted her magical powers, she uses her newfound ability to make all of the naughty people in her life learn how to be good again.
2019-12-22 | en
5.4
How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer
Three generations of women in a Mexican American family experience sexual awakenings over the course of a summer.
2005-01-23 | en
6.0
A Sudden Case of Christmas
An American couple bring their 10 year old daughter, Claire, to her grandfather Lawrence's hotel in The Dolomites, Italy. They usually come for Christmas but this year it’s August. The fact is they are breaking up, and once Claire realizes there’s not going to be a family Christmas this year, she insists on everyone making it out for Christmas in August. Claire, in collusion with her grandfather, plan activities that are designed to re-unite her parents.
2024-11-08 | en
5.8
Four Christmases
Brad and Kate have made something of an art form out of avoiding their families during the holidays, but this year their foolproof plan is about go bust -- big time. Stuck at the city airport after all departing flights are canceled, the couple is embarrassed to see their ruse exposed to the world by an overzealous television reporter. Now, Brad and Kate are left with precious little choice other than to swallow their pride and suffer the rounds.
2008-11-26 | en
6.2
Clay Pigeons
Clay is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend, Earl, kill himself because of the ongoing affair that Clay was having with the man's wife, Amanda. Feeling guilty, Clay now resists the widow when she presses him to continue with the affair. Clay unknowingly befriends a serial killer named Lester Long who murders the widow in an attempt to "help" his "fishing buddy."
1998-09-25 | en
7.0
Dear Santa, I Need a Date
Two successful and ambitious siblings make a bet to see who can find a date by Christmas.
2019-12-08 | en
6.9
The Man Who Came to Dinner
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.
1941-12-24 | en
5.3
Ernest Saves Christmas
When Santa Claus decides to retire and pass on his magic bag of Christmas surprises to a new Saint Nick, he enlists the aid of a hilarious assortment of characters. A perky teen runaway and hapless taxi driver Ernest P. Worrell must convince a skeptical kiddie-show host to take over the post of Father Christmas.
1988-11-11 | en
5.9
Christmas at the Drive-In
Sadie Walker is starting over in her hometown of Chesterfield, New York, following a series of major life disruptions that include leaving her law practice after losing her biggest case and no longer being engaged.
2022-11-25 | en