All Is Possible in Granada (Spanish: Todo es posible en Granada) is a 1954 Spanish comedy film directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia and starring Merle Oberon, Francisco Rabal and Rafael Bardem.[1] It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.[2] In 1982 it was remade under the same title. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ramiro Gómez.
All Is Possible in Granada | |
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Directed by | José Luis Sáenz de Heredia |
Written by | José Luis Sáenz de Heredia Carlos Blanco |
Starring | Merle Oberon Francisco Rabal Rafael Bardem |
Cinematography | Theodore J. Pahle |
Edited by | Julio Peña |
Music by | Ernesto Halffter |
Production company | Chapalo Films |
Distributed by | Orbi Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
Plot
editFollowing a prologue in the early 19th century concerning the finding of a hoard belonging to Boabdil, the fiction moves forward to 1950s Granada, involving the arrival of an American mining company to the city and the expropriation of land plots in the surroundings in order to extract uranium.[3]
Cast
edit- Merle Oberon as Margaret Faulson
- Francisco Rabal as Fernando Ortega
- Peter Damon as Robbie
- Rafael Bardem as Mr. Taylor
- Félix Dafauce as Mr. Olivier
- Gustavo Re as Quincallero
- José Isbert as Joaquín
- Antonio Riquelme as Padre del limpiabotas
- José G. Rey as Mr. Cummings
- Antonio Fernández as Sereno
- Luis Pérez de León as Anticuario
- Joaquín Roa as Labrador 1º
- José Alburquerque as Corregidor
- Arturo Marín as El Jerezano
- Casimiro Hurtado as Labrador 2º
- Félix Briones
- Pedro Giménez 'El Pili' as El Petaca
- Josefina Fortea as Peggy
- Maruja Coral as Mujer
- Antonio (actor) as Limpiabotas
- Rosita Segovia as Primera Bailarina
References
edit- ^ Mira p.249
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: All Is Possible in Granada". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
- ^ Sojo Gil, Kepa (2011). "La comedia rural española de los cincuenta como consecuente de Bienvenido Mr. Marshall" (PDF). Revista Latente. 7. San Cristóbal de La Laguna: Universidad de La Laguna: 48. ISSN 1697-459X.
Bibliography
edit- Mira, Alberto. The A to Z of Spanish Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010.
External links
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