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Andalusian gypsies. Their witty mockery, while creating uproars of laughter from the courtroom audience, causes the judges to grow more infuriated with the pair. It is then that Enrique, a lawyer, steps in to defend Trinidad and Regalito. After much deliberation, the two gypsies, after having to pay a fee, are set free.
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The story continues to the present day, that is to say the 1950s, where
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The film begins by depicting the fabled tale of how the gypsies came to be. According to folklore gypsies are descendants of an
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