Fernando Fernán Gómez

  • Fernando Fernán Gómez – Ninette y un señor de Murcia (1966)

    Fernando Fernán Gómez1961-1970ComedySpain
    Ninette y un señor de Murcia (1966)
    Ninette y un señor de Murcia (1966)

    Quote:
    Andrés Martínez Segura is a mature and single man who has never left Murcia. After inheriting a bookstore and three hundred thousand pesetas in cash from his aunt Eugenia, he decides to take a trip to Paris, where his friend Armando lives. The latter seeks him accommodation in the house of Mr. and Mrs. Sánchez, an old couple of republican exiles, where Andrés will have an affair with Ninette, the attractive daughter of both.
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  • Fernando Fernán Gómez – El viaje a ninguna parte AKA Voyage to Nowhere (1986)

    Fernando Fernán Gómez1981-1990ComedyDramaSpain
    El viaje a ninguna parte (1986)
    El viaje a ninguna parte (1986)

    The spirit, hopes, and failures of a troupe of itinerant performers in the 1950s create a poignant, humorous leitmotif in this drama by Fernando Fernan-Gomez. The story of the wandering players is told in flashbacks, as Carlos Galvan (Jose M. Sacristan) reminisces about the good times while under therapy with a psychiatrist in a senior citizens’ home. Carlos and his lover Juanita (Laura del Sol), his teenage son, his father, and a few other actors try to eke out a living by putting on shows in small towns and villages. No one has very much money, but life is lived to the hilt, and Carlos himself has some pretty tall tales.Read More »

  • Fernando Fernán Gómez – El Viaje a ninguna parte aka Voyage to Nowhere (1986)

    1981-1990ComedyDramaFernando Fernán GómezSpain

    The spirit, hopes, and failures of a troupe of itinerant performers in the 1950s create a poignant, humorous leitmotif in this drama by Fernando Fernan-Gomez. The story of the wandering players is told in flashbacks, as Carlos Galvan (Jose M. Sacristan) reminisces about the good times while under therapy with a psychiatrist in a senior citizens’ home. Carlos and his lover Juanita (Laura del Sol), his teenage son, his father, and a few other actors try to eke out a living by putting on shows in small towns and villages. No one has very much money, but life is lived to the hilt, and Carlos himself has some pretty tall tales.Read More »

  • Fernando Fernán Gómez – La vida por delante (1958)

    1951-1960ComedyFernando Fernán GómezSpainSpanish cinema under Franco

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    Review
    “La Vida por Delante” is the second film of Fernan Gomez, one of the most complete Spanish Cinema artists. After his debut in “Manicomio” (1954) as co-director, the turbulent career as a filmmaker Fernan-Gomez has been little appreciated by the public, being more known for his acting career at the orders of other directors.

    This has made possible in part, we lose some of the gems that this director has given throughout his career.

    It is an interesting film but still far from the levels of talent would reach director years later with works like “El Mundo Sigue” (1963) and “El Extraño Viaje” (1964).Read More »

  • Fernando Fernán Gómez – El Extraño viaje AKA Strange Voyage (1964)

    1961-1970CultFernando Fernán GómezFilm NoirSpain

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    Plot (From the DVD jacket):
    In a small town close to the capital lives a family with three siblings: the serious and dominating Ignacia and her timid and withdrawn brother and sister, Paquita and Venancio. The monotonous life of the town is only shattered on Saturdays, when a band from Madrid comes to play their songs for the weekend dance. One stormy Saturday, Paquita and Venancio, frightened by noises, enter their sister’s room. There they think they see a mysterious fourth person. But their sister Ignacia denies it..
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