Life in Shadows

Life in Shadows (Spanish:Vida en sombras) is a 1949 Spanish drama film directed by Lorenzo Llobet Gracia and starring Fernando Fernán Gómez, María Dolores Pradera and Isabel de Pomés. It was made in Barcelona.

Life in Shadows
Directed by	Lorenzo Llobet Gracia
Written by	Victorio Aguado Lorenzo Llobet Gracia
Starring	Fernando Fernán Gómez María Dolores Pradera Isabel de Pomés
Cinematography	Salvador Torres Garriga
Edited by	Ramón Biadiú
Music by	Jesús García Leoz
Production company	Castilla Films
Release date	6 April 1949 (1949-04-06)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Plot

Carlos, born in a fair booth related to cinema, and author of an amateur film when he was fourteen years old, becomes a professional camera operator, since his entire life has been marked by that art .

He married Ana, to whom he proposed during a screening of Romeo and Juliet. When the Civil War breaks out, he separates from his wife to film some shots of the conflict and she dies in a shootout. To escape his remorse, he decides to become a war reporter, and after the end of the war he falls into depression, coming to hate cinema.

Cast

• Fernando Fernán Gómez as Carlos
• María Dolores Pradera as Ana
• Isabel de Pomés as Clara
• Fernando Sancho as Productor
• Alfonso Estela as Luis
• Graciela Crespo as Sra. Durán
• Félix de Pomés as Señor Durán
• Mary Santpere as Doncella
• Marta Flores as Esposa
• Miquel Graneri as Marido
• Jesús Puche as Fotógrafo
• Valero as Carlos, niño
• Juan López as Luis, niño
• Antonia Llobet as Ana, niña
• Antonio Leal as Comandante
• Tomás Gutiérrez Larraya as Vendedor de Films Selectos
• Hernández as Otor vendedor
• Joaquín Soler Serrano as (voice)
• Enrique Tusquets as Hombre del puro
• Arturo Cámara as Comandante
• Camino Garrigó as Madre de Ana
• María Severini as Dueña de la pensión

Bibliography

• Marsha Kinder. Blood Cinema: The Reconstruction of National Identity in Spain. University of California Press, 1993.

External links

• Life in Shadows at IMDb