Jokes & Cigarettes

Jokes & Cigarettes

2023109 min7.1 / 10

A tender biographical portrait of artistic partnership and personal growth set in late-sixties Barcelona, centered on a jeweler's devotion to his singer wife and his struggle to overcome stage fright.

Barcelona, Spain, in the late sixties. Eugenio, a young jeweler who has fallen in love with Conchita, a singer, to the point of learning to play the guitar to accompany her in her performances, will first have to learn to overcome his stage fright.

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