''Mamá cumple cien años'' is a 1979 Spanish
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 ...
written and directed by
Carlos Saura
Carlos Saura Atarés (born 4 January 1932) is a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. Along with Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be one of Spain’s most renowned filmmakers. He has a long and prolific career t ...
. The film is a comedy sequel of the drama
Ana and the Wolves
''Ana and the Wolves'' ( es, Ana y los lobos) is a 1973 Spanish drama film directed by Carlos Saura. Starring Geraldine Chaplin as a foreign governess who comes to an isolated house to take care of the children of a convoluted family. The fil ...
directed by Saura in 1973. It was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the
52nd Academy Awards
The 52nd Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1979 and took place on April 14, 1980, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p ...
.
RTVE. 5 March 2010
Plot
Ana is married to Antonio. They arrive at the country house in Spain where she worked as a nanny many years earlier, for the 100th birthday of the family matriarch. In their reunion, she finds that Jose died three years ago; Juan left his wife Luchy; Fernando is still living with his mother and unsuccessfully trying to fly a hang glider; and the three little girls are grown-up. Further, she discovers that the dysfunctional family is completely broken, and Luchy in embezzling mother's money. When Juan arrives for the celebration, he plots with Fernando and Luchy to kill the mother to get the inheritance. Meanwhile, Antonio has a brief affair with Natalia.[Plot Summary – IMDb]
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Cast
* Geraldine Chaplin
Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (born July 31, 1944) is an American actress. She is the daughter of Charlie Chaplin, the first of eight children with his fourth wife, Oona O'Neill. After beginnings in dance and modeling, she turned her attention to act ...
as Ana
* Amparo Muñoz
Amparo Muñoz Quesada ( Vélez-Málaga, 21 June 1954 – Málaga, 27 February 2011) was a Spanish actress, model and beauty queen who won the Miss Universe 1974 competition in Manila, Philippines, being the first and only Spaniard titleholder ...
as Natalia
* Fernando Fernán Gómez
Fernando Fernández Gómez (28 August 1921 – 21 November 2007) better known as Fernando Fernán Gómez was a Spanish actor, screenwriter, film director, theater director and member of the Royal Spanish Academy for seven years. He was born i ...
as Fernando
* Norman Briski as Antonio
* Rafaela Aparicio as Mamá
* Charo Soriano as Luchi
* José Vivó
José Vivó (19 May 1917 – 26 July 1989) was a Spanish television, theater and film actor.
Life
He studied engineering, but the Spanish Civil War forced him to leave his studies unfinished. He fought on the side of the Republican army and ...
as Juan
* Ángeles Torres as Carlota
* Elisa Nandi as Victoria
* Rita Maiden as Solange
* Monique Ciron as Anny
* José María Prada as José (uncredited)
See also
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References
External links
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1979 films
1970s Spanish-language films
1979 comedy films
Films directed by Carlos Saura
Spanish comedy films
Films produced by Elías Querejeta
1970s Spanish films
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