A classic comedy from the director of Death of a Bureaucrat, Memories of Underdevelopment and the Oscar nominated Strawberry & Chocolate.
The Twelve Chairs, from a story also adapted into a film by Mel Brooks, takes place in the aftermath of Cuba’s revolution, when property belonging to the rich is nationalized. On her deathbed, a wealthy woman reveals to her son-in-law, Hipólito, the hiding place of a fortune in jewels: inside one of twelve identical parlor chairs, taken by revolutionary authorities from her villa. Hipólito begins a comical hunt to find the treasure...but he's not the only one!
This title is also part of The Cuban Masterworks Collection.
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