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

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...

Argentine Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

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

and written by

Abel Santacruz Abel Santa Cruz (1915 – February 4, 1995, in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine screenwriter who is credited for writing nearly 130 films spanning seven decades of Argentine cinema. Santa Cruz first wrote the script for a film, ''Un Señor mucamo ...

. 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. Mariscal worked in well over 50 films between 1940 and 1968, often starring ...

, Jorge Rivier,

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 Golden Age of Argentine cinema, classic era of Argentine cinema. Roberto Escalada began his career working on ...

and Olga Zubarry, and premiered on 19 January.

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 * Olga Zubarry as Elvira * Jorge Rivier as Miguel *

as Dr. Juan Carlos Carreño * Francisco Álvarez as Don Ramiro * Tono Andreu as Gervasio *

Héctor Armendáriz Hector () is an English, French, Scottish, and Spanish given name. The name is derived from the name of Hektor, a legendary Trojan champion who was killed by the Greek Achilles. The name ''Hektor'' is probably derived from the Greek ''ékhein'', m ...

as Vicente * Elcira Olivera Garcés as Carmen *

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

* María Esther Podestá 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

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 (Argentine newspaper), Clarín''. It is regarded as a newspaper of record for Argen ...

'' called the film "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