''Madregilda'' is a 1993 film directed by Francisco Regueiro which stars Juan Echanove, José Sacristán, and Barbara Auer.

Plot

Set in Madrid in the

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in an old neighbourhood tavern, on every first Friday of the month at nightfall moor Hauma organizes a unique and secret card game.

Cast

Production

The film is a Tornasol Films, Marea Films, Road Movies Dritte Produktionen and Gemini Films production.

Release

The film screened at the 41st San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 1993. It was released theatrically in Spain on 1 October 1993.

Reception

Casimiro Torreiro of ''

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'' wrote that the film "contains some of the best dialogues that have been written in Spanish cinema in recent years".

Awards

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Silver Shell for Best Actor The Silver Shell for Best Actor (Spanish: ''Concha de Plata a la Mejor Interpretacion Masculina''; Basque: ''Aktore onenaren Zilarrezko Maskorra'') was one of the main awards presented at the San Sebastián International Film Festival to the Best A ...

, , Juan Echanove , , , , , - , rowspan = "7" align = "center" , 1994 , , rowspan = "7" , 8th Goya Awards , , Best Original Screenplay , , Ángel Fernández Santos, Francisco Regueiro , , , , rowspan = "7" , , - ,

Best Actor Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to th ...

, , Juan Echanove , , , - ,

Best Cinematography This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...

, , José Luis López-Linares , , , - ,

Best Art Direction The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement for art direction in film. The category's original name was Best Art Direction, but was changed to its current name in 2012 for the 85th Academy Awards. This change resulted fro ...

, , Luis "Koldo" Vallés , , , - , Best Costume Design , , Gumersindo Andrés , , , - , Best Special Effects , , Reyes Abades , , , - , Best Makeup and Hairstyles , , María del Mar Paradela, Odile Fourquin , ,

References

1993 in Spanish cinema 1990s Spanish films Films set in Madrid Films set in the 1940s 1990s Spanish-language films Tornasol Films films Cultural depictions of Francisco Franco {{1990s-Spain-film-stub