The Lonely Heart (1973)
Antoñito is a bachelor who works in a cabaret as a clarinetist. He has put an advertisement in the newspaper, looking for a good and honest girl, and to which responds Rocío, who escapes from her native Córdoba to hide the embarrassment of her pregnancy. The coexistence with the naive clarinetist, who refuses the insinuations of a co-worker dedicated to prostitution, who idolizes his deceased mother and keeps as a relic the orthopedic leg of his late father, is not easy. The other men will tend their ties around Rocío, that makes way in the world of the spectacle pretending to be blind. When she can no longer conceal that she is pregnant, Antoñito decides to give his name to the fruit of sin.
Director: Francesc Betriu
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Jacques Dufilho as Antonio |
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La Polaca as Rocío |
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Máximo Valverde as Juan Francisco, 'El Legionario' |
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Queta Claver as Lolita |
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Luis Ciges as Luciano |
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Manuel Alexandre as Cotet, el ciego |
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José Franco as Practicante |
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María Isbert as La portera |
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Juan José Otegui as Don Jaime |
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Ángel Álvarez as Sacerdote |
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Armando Calvo as Gerardo |
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María Elena Flores as Enfermera |
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Francisco Nieva as Transeúnte frente al Museo del Prado |
| Writing | José Luis García Sánchez | Writer |
| Directing | Francesc Betriu | Director |
| Writing | Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | Writer |
| Camera | José Luis Alcaine | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Francesc Betriu | Writer |
| Sound | Carmelo Bernaola | Music |
| Editing | Pablo G. del Amo | Editor |
| Production | Salvador Balcells | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | María Nieves Ruiz | Hair Designer |
| Art | Cristina Ballinas | Art Direction |
| Art | Elisa Ruiz | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emilio Villalba | Hair Assistant |
| Production | José Panero | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carmen de la Casa | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carlos Paradela | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Benet Rossell | Art Direction |
| Production | Guillermina F. Campos | Production Secretary |
| Production | Jaime Fernández-Cid | Production Manager |