''Long Live the Bride and Groom'' () is a 1970 Spanish black comedy film directed by

Luis García Berlanga Luis García-Berlanga Martí Medal of Merit in Labour, MMT (12 June 1921 – 13 November 2010) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Acclaimed as a pioneer of modern Spanish cinema, his films are marked by social satire and acerbic criti ...

. It was entered into the

1970 Cannes Film Festival The 23rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 3 to 18 May 1970. Guatemalan author and Nobel Prize laureate Miguel Ángel Asturias served as jury president for the main competition. The ''Grand Prix du Festival International du Film'', then the ...

Plot

Leonardo, an employee of a provincial bank, travels to

Costa Brava The Costa Brava (; ; "Wild Coast" or "Rough Coast") is a coastal region of Catalonia in northeastern Spain. Sources differ on the exact definition of the Costa Brava. Usually it can be regarded as stretching from the town of Blanes, northeas ...

with his mother to marry Loli, owner of a souvenir shop, with whom he has maintained formal relations for years. Leonardo is a repressed man who has erotic fantasies about young, blonde, foreign women. On his last night as a single man, he decides to go out in search of an adventure.

Cast

* José Luis López Vázquez as Leonardo *

Laly Soldevila Eulalia Soldevila Vall (25 July 1933 – 12 September 1979) better known as Laly Soldevila was a Spanish film actress. She appeared in 100 films between 1955 and 1979. Selected filmography * ''You and Me Are Three'' (1962) * ''La gran fam ...

as Loli * José María Prada as Pepito * Manuel Alexandre as Carlos * Xavier Vivé * Teresa Gisbert * Jane Fellner * Luis Ciges * Víctor Israel

References

External links

* 1970 films Spanish drama films 1970s Spanish-language films 1970 drama films Films directed by Luis García Berlanga Films with screenplays by Rafael Azcona 1970s Spanish films {{1970s-Spain-film-stub