Nocturne 29 (1969)
Portabella’s first feature, co-scripted by poet Joan Brossa, became one of the most influential works of the Barcelona avant-garde, although like all his early films, it circulated only in an underground fashion. Eschewing dialogue, the director constructs a non-narrative story in fragments that reveal the daily lives of an adulterous couple interspersed with a cryptic stream of unrelated imagery. The title of this homage to directors including Eisenstein, Antonioni, Bergman, and Buñuel refers to the 29 “black years” of the Franco dictatorship. — chicago.cervantes.es
Director:
Pere Portabella
Writers:
Joan Brossa, Pere Portabella.
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Lucia Bosè as Señora (as Lucia Bose) |
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Mario Cabré as Señor (as Mario Cabre) |
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Luis Ciges as |
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Ramón Julia as (as Ramon Julia) |
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Antonio Saura as |
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Antoni Tàpies as (as Antoni Tapies) |
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Joan Ponç as |
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Jordi Prats as |
| Directing | Pere Portabella | Director |
| Editing | Teresa Alcocer | Editor |
| Camera | Luis Cuadrado | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Joan Brossa | Dialogue |
| Writing | Joan Brossa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Pere Portabella | Screenplay |
| Writing | Pere Portabella | Story |
| Production | Jacques Levy | Associate Producer |
| Production | Anne Settimó | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Josep M. Mestres Quadreny | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Jaime Fernández-Cid | Production Manager |
| Directing | José Luis Ruiz Marcos | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Jordi Sangenís | Sound |
| Camera | Teo Escamilla | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Santiago Rodríguez | Focus Puller |
| Camera | Luis Cuadrado | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Margarita Bernet | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Carles Santos | Musician |
| Directing | Anne Settimó | Script Supervisor |