Fernando Fernán Gómez wrote the original script, inspired by the great picaresque novelists of the 16th and 17th centuries: Miguel de Cervantes, Francisco de Quevedo, Vicente Espinel, Salas Barbadillo, Alain René Le Sage, and the anonymous author of “Estebanillo González.” It tells the story of Lucas Trapaza, a rogue who, after years of wandering throughout Spain, becomes a master of this lifestyle. (FILMAFFINITY)
