Life in Shadows (Spanish:Vida en sombras) is a 1949 Spanish drama film directed by Lorenzo Llobet Gracia and starring Fernando Fernán Gómez, María Dolores Pradera and Isabel de Pomés.[1] It was made in Barcelona.
| Life in Shadows | |
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| Directed by | Lorenzo Llobet Gracia |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Salvador Torres Garriga |
| Edited by | Ramón Biadiú |
| Music by | Jesús García Leoz |
Production company | Castilla Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Plot
Carlos, born in a fair booth related to cinema, and author of an amateur film when he was fourteen years old, becomes a professional camera operator, since his entire life has been marked by that art .
He married Ana, to whom he proposed during a screening of Romeo and Juliet. When the Civil War breaks out, he separates from his wife to film some shots of the conflict and she dies in a shootout. To escape his remorse, he decides to become a war reporter, and after the end of the war he falls into depression, coming to hate cinema.
Cast
- Fernando Fernán Gómez as Carlos
- María Dolores Pradera as Ana
- Isabel de Pomés as Clara
- Fernando Sancho as Productor
- Alfonso Estela as Luis
- Graciela Crespo as Sra. Durán
- Félix de Pomés as Señor Durán
- Mary Santpere as Doncella
- Marta Flores as Esposa
- Miquel Graneri as Marido
- Jesús Puche as Fotógrafo
- Valero as Carlos, niño
- Juan López as Luis, niño
- Antonia Llobet as Ana, niña
- Antonio Leal as Comandante
- Tomás Gutiérrez Larraya as Vendedor de Films Selectos
- Hernández as Otor vendedor
- Joaquín Soler Serrano as (voice)
- Enrique Tusquets as Hombre del puro
- Arturo Cámara as Comandante
- Camino Garrigó as Madre de Ana
- María Severini as Dueña de la pensión
References
Bibliography
- Marsha Kinder. Blood Cinema: The Reconstruction of National Identity in Spain. University of California Press, 1993.
