In a village in the Spanish Levante called Peñiscola (Valencia) , lives Justo (Fernando Esteso) , the priest. Along the way , the friendly reverend Don Justo giving masses , confessing and adequately exercising his priesthood .He is loved by all the neighbors for his way of helping others . One day , a young (Adriana Ozores) -daughter of the communist leader (Juanito Navarro)- gets pregnant and accuses to Don Justo to be the father of the future baby . But things go wrong and get even more complicated when at the church appears the bishop Ludovico (Antonio Ozores).
A funny and diverting comedy about a sympathetic priest , professionally directed by the prolific Mariano Ozores . Run-of-the-mill Fernando Esteso movie with habitual ingredients as irony , silly jokes , amusing messes , nude girls , hilarious moments, entertainment and amusement . It is a nutty Spanish comedy that offers no intellectual stimulus whatsoever , though it has some fun , mayhem and disconcerting events . Despite seeming quite grotesque , this film perfectly reflects the mood and the reality of Spain in the subsequent decade immediate Post-Franco era. Although cringes at times , the humour still holds up , at times . A flick with its ups and downs , but not being a bad movie , if you take it for what it is . You will find some great and attractive jokes along the yarn , being really an incredible mix of humor, "caspa" and a little bit of drama ; delivering entertainment and diversion enough. Made in the wake of the previous Pajares-Esteso movies, as they played big hit pictures , however , here Esteso provides an only recital , though his colleague Andrés Pajares delivers a brief likable final intervention as guest star while arriving in the village as a new and really modern priest called Padre Redford . Fernando Esteso performed his own vehicles in some films ,such as El ¨Erotico enmascarado¨, ¨El Soplagaitas¨ , El hijo del cura¨, ¨Pepito Piscinas¨, ¨El Primer Divorcio¨, ¨Queremos un hijo tuyo¨, ¨4 Mujeres y un lio¨, ¨Queremos un hijo tuyo¨. There are some nice jokes in the film and the cast , playing eccentric characters , make a cosy fit and having big fun . Along with Esteso appearing a lot of familiar faces , such as : Adriana Ozores , Antonio Ozores , José Sazatornil, Florinda Chico, Luisa Armenteros , Francisco Camoiras, Emilio Fornet , Mary Carmen Prendes, Luis Lorenzo and Juanito Navarro . Adding usual actresses of the ¨Destape¨ such as : Nadine Rochex and Beatriz Escudero playing two prostitutes . The film attempts to give laughs and it works here and there , resulting in an amusing though middling motion picture . My feelings are extremely mixed but I must admit there are some brief and enjoyable laughters , being an uneven comedy , but better than other Esteso vehicles . Rating : 5/10. Passable and acceptable. It had a sequel¨El Cura ya tiene hijo¨ (1984) in which the priest meets a left baby at the door of house , of course , all the citizens think that the baby belongs to Don Justo, then he plans a twisted caper so that the baby returns to the hands of the real parents, being made by the same technician and artist team , adding other actors as Manuel Zarzo , África Pratt, Antonio Gamero and Alfonso Del Real .
Fernando Esteso formed with his partner Andrés Pajares are two cool Spanish actors , usually playing a duo of unfortunate , roguish , swindlers as well as bungling people . They usually made couple in a lot of films and achieved much success in the 80s that partially reflected the mood and the reality of Spain in the immediate Post-Franco era , dealing with politic juncture about the post-Franquismo in similar style to other films from this period . The movies they played were very funny and with many support actors . The pictures were in short budget and lackluster but including light comedy and lots of fun . They usually played a duo of shameless friends executing petty thefts, capers and tricks in similar style to classical films of Commedia all'Italiana of the fifties . Those films contained many nude girls , laughs and slapstick , being mostly written/directed by Mariano Ozores , a craftsman filmmaker and writer who recently won a Goya Award (2016) to his long and fruitful career . The latter made with these two famous comedians , -Fernando and Andres Pajares- several films , as they had various years partnership, developing a successful artistic team between the two leads , such as ¨Agitese Antes Usarla¨ , ¨Al Este Del Oeste¨, ¨Los Liantes¨, ¨Los Energeticos¨, ¨La Lola Lleva Al Huerto¨ , ¨El Currante¨, El Hijo Del Cura¨ and especially ¨Los Bingueros¨ was one of their greatest hits . These films were charming as well as embarrassing comedies that contained crazy events , nudism , amusement , laughters and absurd situations . But also their certain importance talking about the Spanish society at the time . Their humor was sometimes cheesy and gross-out with numerous naughty and picaresque situations such as sex jokes , adulteries , jealousy , and a number of erotic scenes, but resulted to be really amusing.
