Hard to see why anyone would compare this unfavorably with Fellini or Bergman unless they only like those with dark and/or complicated scenarios.
This is, as others have pointed out, a rite-of-passage farce. It's funny even with the subtitles.
Essentially the young man beds -and falls momentarily in love with- every young female in an eccentric Spanish clan.
The human condition is first and foremost... no one hatching nefarious plots or playing off their agenda against the dark side.
And it's incredibly beautifully shot.
This is, as others have pointed out, a rite-of-passage farce. It's funny even with the subtitles.
Essentially the young man beds -and falls momentarily in love with- every young female in an eccentric Spanish clan.
The human condition is first and foremost... no one hatching nefarious plots or playing off their agenda against the dark side.
And it's incredibly beautifully shot.