''Ninette'' is a Spanish

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directed by

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. Released in 2005, it is based on the plays ''Ninette y un señor de Murcia'' and ''Ninette, modas de París'' by

Miguel Mihura Miguel Mihura Santos (21 July 1905, in Madrid – 27 October 1977) was a Spanish playwright. He is best known for his comedy '' Tres sombreros de copa'' (1952), a work of absurd humor that predates similar works by Beckett or Ionesco and t ...

Plot

Ninette Sánchez (

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) is an intelligent, sexy, charming and spontaneous Parisian girl, daughter of Spanish republican exiles, working in the

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. Her ingenuousness and beauty charms Andrés (Carlos Hipólito), a humble Spanish vendor of religious items from

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, who is staying with her family after he came to Paris to meet "easy" French women. Andrés falls for her many charms. Unfortunately, Ninette's parents, Armando (Enrique Villén) and Bernarda (Beatriz Carvajal) do not take the news well when Ninette announces that she is pregnant.

Cast

Carlos Hipólito Carlos López Hipólito (born 1956), better known as Carlos Hipólito, is a Spanish actor with a long stage career. He is perhaps most familiar to a television audience for performances in series such as '' Desaparecida'', '' Guante blanco'', ''L ...

as Andrés *

as Alejandra 'Ninette' *

Enrique Villén Enrique Villén Cruz (born 1 May 1960) is a Spanish actor, best known for his supporting performances in films directed by Álex de la Iglesia. He was nominated for the 2005 Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in '' Ninette'' ...

as Armando * Beatriz Carvajal as Madame Bernarda * Fernando Delgado as Monsieur Pierre * Mar Regueras as Maruja * Miguel Rellán as Don Roque *

Javivi Javier Gil Valle, also known as Javivi, (born June 20, 1961 in Hervás, Province of Cáceres), is a Spanish actor. When he was a child, he lived in France and he went later to Madrid, where he studied secondary education and sociology. He worked a ...

as Vecino de Ninette / Director del hotel * Carlos Iglesias as Jugador de mus * Eduardo Gómez as Jugador de mus * Jorge Roelas as Jugador de mus * Luis José Ventin as (billed as Luis Ventín) *

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as Melchora

DVD release

'' Ninette '' is available in Region 2 DVD in

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with

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subtitles.

External links

* 2005 romantic comedy films Films shot in Madrid 2000s Spanish-language films 2005 films Films set in Paris Spanish romantic comedy films Films directed by José Luis Garci 2000s Spanish films {{2000s-romantic-comedy-film-stub

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Cast

DVD release

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