El malvado Carabel

The Wicked Carabel (Spanish:El malvado Carabel) is a 1956 Spanish comedy film directed and also starred by Fernando Fernán Gómez about a kind and innocent man that after being fired snaps and tries to become a criminal. It was based on a novel by Wenceslao Fernández Flórez. Plot Amaro Carabel (Fernando Fernán Gómez) is an ordinary man with a kind nature who lives with his aunt and is unable to marry his fiancée since his salary is permanently frozen. During a country race organized by his company, Carabel has a well-intentioned but indiscreet talk with one of the clients that leads to his dismissal. He then decides that the cause of his misfortunes lies in having always behaved honestly, and announces to his aunt his intention to become an evil man. Carabel tries to carry out some misdeeds such as becoming a pickpocket, kidnapping a child, using that same child for begging, robbing a hotel or robbing a passer-by, always with disastrous results. He finally decides to rob the safe from his old company. Carabel manages to get hold of the safe and take it home, but it is totally impossible for her to open it. Also, his fiancée, Silvia, gives him an ultimatum; she or she fixes her life in 21 days, or she will marry another man.