Nocturne 29

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

Directed by Pere Portabella

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Cast

Lucia Bosè

Señora (as Lucia Bose)

Mario Cabré

Señor (as Mario Cabre)

Luis Ciges

Ramón Julia

(as Ramon Julia)

Antonio Saura

Antoni Tàpies

(as Antoni Tapies)

Joan Ponç

Jordi Prats

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