Synopsis
In an old neighbourhood tavern, on the first Friday of every month, Hauma the Moor organises a secret card game of "mus", held at nightfall. The players, friends from the African campaign, start arriving : Mr Francisco Franco Bahamonde ; Longinos, the General's faithful friend ; "Huevines" regimental "father" to a Company of Regulars and also father to a large brood born to his so-called "nièce" ; and Miguel, former general under the Generalisimo, missing an arm, catholic and envious. Outside on the streets, Longino's son, Manuel, discovers his mother, though they say she was dead, in the moving pictures of Gilda up on the screen. Each of them carrie a secret. Longino's is to find out who gave the order to the regiment to rape his wife. General's Franco is to avoid the bullet a woman, given up for dead, has in stock for him. One imprecise day during that era, a flesh-and-blood Gilda, appears on the streets of Madrid. Something changes in the Head of State manner. His harsh belligerence, the metallic tone of his voice, even is gestures, becomes less commanding then before. Manuel is a happy boy now. Since that time, a thousand faces of Gilda have been seen throughout Spanish Territory.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (4)
- Co-production : Gemini Films
- Foreign production companies : Tornasol Films, Marea films, Road Movies Filmproduktion
- Film exports/foreign sales : Gemini Films
- French distribution : Gemini Films
Full credits (8)
- Screenwriters : Francisco Regueiro, Angel Fernandez Santos
- Director of Photography : José Luis López Linares
- Music Composer : Jürgen Knieper
- Editor : Pedro Del Rey
- Sound Recordist : Jean-Paul Mugel
- Costume designer : Gumersindo Andres
- Co-producer : Paulo Branco
- Production Designer : Luis Valles
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : Spanish
- Coproducer countries : Spain, Germany
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Spain, Germany)
- Production year : 1994
- French release :
- Runtime : 2 h
- Current status :
- Visa number : 81.810
- Visa issue date : 24/11/1994
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
Box-office & releases
TV broadcasting
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