Drama / Psychological
Spain / France,
1956, 99 min
Directed by:
Juan Antonio BardemCinematography:
Michel KelberCast:
Betsy Blair, José Suárez, Dora Doll, José Calvo, Lila Kedrova, Yves Massard, René Blancard, José Prada, Pilar Gómez Ferrer, Luis Peña, Josefina Serratosa (more)Plots(1)
Juan is a handsome young man who has moved for work reasons from Madrid to a small provincial capital with an oppressive atmosphere. Overcome by boredom, he decides, together with his friends, to play a cruel prank on Isabel, a 35-year-old woman who is still single, and pretends to be in love with her. She, who experiences the feeling that she has failed by not having found a man yet, clings to the opportunity of her life and falls for him. Driven by her newly-found happiness, she begins to think about the preparations for the wedding, but her destiny still reserves a cruel blow for her in the form of reality. (Seminci - Valladolid International Film Festival)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Venice Film Festival
- 1956 - Juan Antonio Bardem (FIPRESCI Prize)
- 1956 - Betsy Blair (Special Mention)
- 1956 - Juan Antonio Bardem (Special Mention)
- 1956 - Juan Antonio Bardem (Golden Lion for Best Film)