''The Love of Captain Brando'' () is a 1974 Spanish

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written and directed by

Jaime de Armiñán Jaime de Armiñán Oliver (9 March 1927 – 9 April 2024) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. His films have been nominated for Academy Awards in the Foreign language film category twice, in 1972 for and in 1980 for ''The Nest (1980 ...

, starring

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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, novelist, and playwright. Prolific and outstanding in all these fiel ...

, and Jaime Gamboa. The film was a critical and commercial success and was one of the highest-grossing Spanish films at the time.

Plot

The film follows the relationship of Aurora, a young school teacher, with two men of opposite generations who fall in love with her: Fernando, a middle age republican exile, and Juan, a thirteen-year-old boy who enjoys playing acting in

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, and his imitation of

Marlon Brando Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor. Widely regarded as one of the greatest cinema actors of the 20th century,''Movies in American History: An Encyclopedia''

gives the film its title.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in Pedraza, in the

province of Segovia Segovia () is a province of central/northern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the province of Burgos in the north, Soria in the northeast, Guadalajara in the east, Madrid in the south, ...

, renamed Trescabañas in the film.Deveney, ''Cain on Screen'', p. 172

Release

The film was released theatrically in Spain on 21 June 1974. It was also entered into the

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Reception

By the end of 1975, the film had grossed 122.4 million ₧, which made it the second highest-grossing Spanish film of all time behind ''

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'', released in September 1975, with 130 million. By 1988, the film had grossed 141.3 million pesetas. The film won the audience award at the Berlin International Film Festival.

References

Bibliography

*Deveney, Thomas G: ''Cain on Screen: Contemporary Spanish Cinema'', The Scarecrow Press, 1993,

External links

* 1974 films Spanish drama films 1970s Spanish-language films 1974 drama films Films directed by Jaime de Armiñán Films with screenplays by Jaime de Armiñán 1970s Spanish films Films shot in the province of Segovia Spanish-language drama films Marlon Brando Films scored by José Nieto {{1970s-Spain-film-stub