The protagonist of this film (Michel Piccoli) supplies his lack of affection with a rubber doll "grandeur nature" (tamaño natural in spanish original title). This unusual situation, far from hiddind, is presented to other with relative normality, even he introduce her to his wife. That knowledge offers to the film a good irony "made in Berlanga".
Is a poor film if we compare to "Plácido" or "Bienvenido Mr. Marshall" with the same tandem Berlanga/Azcona, but has enough good and ironic moments to be considerated as a interesting movie, superb Piccoli in his role of a mad dentist in love.
To the end, the film becomes a ferocious portrait of the most ancient and musty Spain, really feels ashamed of that small group of sapnish that appears, composed of many spanish actors of the time (Manuel Aleixandre, Maria Luisa Ponte, Agustín Gonzalez ... ) A really good actors, and a really nasty roles.
Michel Piccoli playing with his doll , is enough reason to watch this film from another underrated director out of Spain. 25 years later, they would work together again in "París-Tombuctú"
