Truhanes is a 1983 Spanish buddy comedy film directed by Miguel Hermoso. It stars Francisco Rabal and Arturo Fernández.
The plot follows the mishaps between white-collar criminal Gonzalo and small-time thief Ginés, as the former seeks protection in prison, and Ginés provides him help in exchange for a promising future out of jail.
Truhanes is a PE Films production. The screenplay was authored by Miguel Hermoso based on a story by Manolo Marinero, Mario Camus, Luis Ariño, José Luis GarcÃÂa Sánchez, and Hermoso himself.
The film was presented at the 1983 San Sebastián International Film Festival. It was released theatrically in Spain on 17 October 1983. It grossed 82,658,578 ⧠(344,482 admissions).
ÃÂngel Fernández-Santos of El PaÃÂs declared Truhanes a "magnificent" comedy, otherwise reminiscent of Italian comedies such as Big Deal on Madonna Street and Il Sorpasso, with its best feature being the quality of the performances of the cast.
Ten years later, the film spawned a television series broadcast on Tele 5.