Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley
Director: Santiago Segura
Genre: Comedy, Comedy Thriller, Crime Comedy
Year: 1998
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish Language
Starring: Santiago Segura, Javier Cámara, Tony Leblanc, Chus Lampreave, Javier Bardem
Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley is a 1998 Spanish dark comedy written, directed and starred by Santiago Segura.
Torrente is a lazy, rude, drunkard, sexist, racist, extreme-right-wing Madrid cop; a despicable character who only cares about himself. He lives in a decrepit slum with his wheelchair-bound father, whom he treats quite badly. One day, a new family of neighbors move in, and the sexy younger niece, Amparito, catches his eye, so he becomes a friend of Rafi, her nerdy cousin, to get closer to her. At the same time, he discovers that a band of drug traffickers are operating in a nearby Chinese restaurant; he knows that if he cracks this case, it could make him regain the status he lost within the police department; but the only people he can count on to help him are Rafi and his equally nerdy friends. (plot summary from IMDb)
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