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Nocturne 29 (1969)

Nocturne 29 (1969)

Drama Horror Mystery
Release Date: 1969, July 1
Directors: Pere Portabella
Countries: Spain
Production: Films 59
Cast: Lucia Bosè, Antoni Tàpies, Mario Cabré, Ramón Julia

Overview:

Portabella’s first feature, co-scripted by poet Joan Brossa, became one of the most influential works of the Barcelona avant-garde, although like all his early films, it circulated only in an underground fashion. Eschewing dialogue, the director constructs a non-narrative story in fragments that reveal the daily lives of an adulterous couple interspersed with a cryptic stream of unrelated imagery. The title of this homage to directors including Eisenstein, Antonioni, Bergman, and Buñuel refers to the 29 “black years” of the Franco dictatorship. — chicago.cervantes.es