''At Night You Also Sleep'' (''De noche también se duerme'') is a

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, ar ...

Argentine

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Enrique Carreras Enrique Carreras (6 January 1925 – 29 August 1995) was a Peruvian-born Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer, and was one of the most prolific film directors in the history of the Cinema of Argentina. Born in Lima, Peru, ...

and written by

Abel Santacruz Abel Santa Cruz (1915 – February 4, 1995, in Buenos Aires) was an Argentina, Argentine screenwriter who is credited for writing nearly 130 films spanning seven decades of Cinema of Argentina, Argentine cinema. Santa Cruz first wrote the scrip ...

. It stars

Ana Mariscal Ana María Arroyo Mariscal (31 July 1923 – 28 March 1995) better known as Ana Mariscal was a classic Spanish film actress, director, screenwriter and film producer. She also acted in Argentinean films. She was involved in well over 50 films b ...

Olga Zubarry Olga Zubarry (30 October 1929 – 15 December 2012) was a classic Argentine actress who appeared in film between 1943 and 1997. She made over 60 appearances in film, spanning 6 decades of Argentine cinema, but is best known for her work during t ...

, Jorge Rivier and

Roberto Escalada Roberto Escalada born Aldo Roberto Leggero (4 July 1914 – 5 December 1986 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine actor, an icon of the classic era of Argentine cinema. Roberto Escalada began his career working on the radio, and it was his voice ...

and premiered on 19 January 1956.

Plot

A divorced couple find their path to reuniting complicated by another couple. Elvira (Zubarry) swallows some powder and passes out. The doctor (Escalada) is called.

Cast

as Rosalía *

as Elvira * Jorge Rivier as Miguel *

as Dr. Juan Carlos Carreño * Francisco Álvarez as Don Ramiro *

Tono Andreu Tono Andreu (1915–1981) was an Argentine film actor.Cowie & Elley p.25 He was the brother of Gogó Andreu, who was also an actor. Selected filmography * '' Campeón a la fuerza'' (1950) * '' The Phantom of the Operetta'' (1955) * '' Hotel aloja ...

as Gervasio * Héctor Armendáriz as Vicente * Elcira Olivera Garcés as Carmen *

Emilio Vieyra Emilio Vieyra (12 October 1920 – 25 January 2010), sometimes credited as Raúl Zorrilla, was an Argentine film director, actor, screenwriter and film producer, between 1950 and the 1990s. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is mo ...

María Esther Podestá María Esther Podestá (1896–1983) was an Argentine actress. She starred in the 1950 film '' Arroz con leche'' directed by Carlos Schlieper. Selected filmography *''Juan Moreira'' (1936) *''Madame Bovary ''Madame Bovary'' (; ), orig ...

as Doña Beba * Julia Dalmas * Roberto Lombard * Nina Marqui * Irma Román * Fernando Reynal * Raquel Beney *

Gogó Andreu Ricardo César Andreu (July 27, 1919 – May 1, 2012) was an Argentine actor, comedian and musician. He was born in a family of actors. His parents were Antonio Andreu and Isabel Anchart, who were owners of an itinerary theatre company that mad ...

Irma Álvarez Irma may refer to: People * Irma (name), a female given name * Irma (singer), full name Irma Pany, a Cameroonian female singer-songwriter Places * Irma, Alberta, Canada, a village * Irma, Lombardy, Italy, a ''comune'' * Irma, Wisconsin, USA, a ...

Reception

La Nación ''La Nación'' () is an Argentine daily newspaper. As the country's leading conservative newspaper, ''La Nación''s main competitor is the more liberal '' Clarín''. It is regarded as a newspaper of record for Argentina. Its motto is: "''La Na ...

'' reviewed the film as "Equivocal and entangled in smiling comedy". '' El Mundo'' wrote: "Enrique Carreras takes the straightest and most comfortable path".

References

External links

* 1956 films 1950s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films Argentine comedy films 1956 comedy films 1950s Argentine films Films directed by Enrique Carreras {{1950s-Argentina-film-stub