Manicomio (Asylum)

Carlos visits his girlfriend Juana at the asylum where she works. Once there, he meets a fascinating group of people that are part of Juana's daily life, among which a woman who plays the harp obsessively, and a nurse who keeps repeating every word Carlos says. Asylum is Fernando Fernán Gómez's opera prima as a director. Taking as a starting point several short stories about the world of patients in psychiatric institutions, he reworks them in such a brilliant way, that it turns out into a sophisticated comedy with many, many clever misunderstandings...