''Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven'' () is a 1980 Spanish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed and co-written by

Pilar Miró Pilar Mercedes Miró Romero (20 April 1940 – 19 October 1997) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. She was the General Director of RTVE from 1986 to 1989. In the 1990s, she directed the television broadcasts of the weddings of the dau ...

. It was entered into the

12th Moscow International Film Festival The 12th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1981. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Brazilian film '' O Homem que Virou Suco'' directed by João Batista de Andrade, the Vietnamese film '' The Abandoned Field: Free ...

where Mercedes Sampietro won the award for Best Actress.

Cast

* Mercedes Sampietro as Andrea Soriano *

Jon Finch John Nicholas Finch (2 March 1942 – 28 December 2012) was an English stage and film actor who became well known for his Shakespearean roles. Most notably, he starred in films for directors Roman Polanski (''Macbeth'', 1971) and Alfred Hitchc ...

as Mario *

Carmen Maura María del Carmen García Maura (born 15 September 1945) is a Spanish actress. In a career that has spanned six decades, she has starred in films such as '' Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'', '' ¡Ay Carmela!'', '' Common Wealth'', an ...

as Begoña * Víctor Valverde (as Victor Valverde) * Alicia Hermida as María *

Isabel Mestres Isabel is a female name of Iberian origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of '' Elisabeth'' (ultimately Hebrew ''Elisheba''). Arising in the 12th century, it became popul ...

José Manuel Cervino José Manuel Cervino (born 29 October 1940) is a Spanish film and television actor. He won the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2007 and was nominated for the Goya Award for Best Actor in 1987. Life and career José Manuel Cervino Almei ...

(as Jose Manuel Cervino) * Mary Carrillo as Madre * Agustín González as Álvaro (as Agustin Gonzalez) * Fernando Delgado as Bernardo Ortega * Amparo Soler Leal as Carmen

References

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* 1980 films 1980 drama films Spanish drama films 1980s Spanish-language films Films directed by Pilar Miró 1980s Spanish films Spanish-language drama films {{1980s-Spain-film-stub