Spanish Affair

Ocho apellidos Vascos, in English known as Spanish Affair, is a Spanish comedy film directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro.

Rafa is a typical inhabitant of Andalusia, which in  Seville nothing is missing. It has everything what he loves: wine jerez, brilliantine and beautiful women. Meeting with proof against of its charms, temperamental Amaia from Basque Country turns the world upside down. Rafa leaves Andalusia and going to a small town in the Basques Country to find the girl in which he fell in love. Later coincidences forced Rafa to pretend Basque. All of this causes a lot of funny situations.

Romantic comedy and at the time the conflict  stereotyping on the inside and outside of Spain, on the inhabitants of Andalusia and the Basque Country. The authors of the screenplay (the Basques) is not afraid to tackle difficult subjects, and the popularity he had gained this film testifies to the fact that the Spaniards are able to laugh at themselves from each other. Three actors were awarded the Goya, the most important distinction of the film industry in Spain. Andalusian comedian,  Dani Rovira got the award for his debut on the big screen. For the role of the father of the main character - a sailor who hates southerners, Karra Elejalde won the Goya for Best Supporting Actor. Well-known Polish audience Carmen Machi charmed the audience and the jury awarding statuettes Goya role of "mother" of Rafa.