The Grandfather (1998 film)
- The Grandfather (1998 film)
Infobox Film
name = El abuelo
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caption =
director = José Luis Garci
producer = José Luis Garci
writer = José Luis Garci
Horacio Valcárcel
narrator =
starring = Fernando Fernán-Gómez
Rafael Alonso
Cayetana Guillén Cuervo
Agustín González
Cristina Cruz Mínguez
Alicia Rozas
Fernando Guillén
Emma Cohen
María Massip
music = Manuel Balboa
cinematography = Raúl Pérez Cubero
editing = Miguel González Sinde
distributor = Miramax in USA
released = April 18 1998 Spain
October 8 1999 Los Angeles, USA
runtime = 151 minutes
country = ESP
language = Spanish
budget =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0176415
"The Grandfather" (Spanish: "El abuelo") is a 1998 Spanish drama film written, produced and directed by José Luis Garci.
The film is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Benito Pérez Galdós.
In 1972, Rafael Gil made a previous version titled "La duda".
Awards
The film was an Academy Award nominee as Best Foreign Film.
Fernando Fernán-Gómez won Goya Award as Best Actor. There was a controversy with Garci that year with Goyas. He was accused of buying votes for the film, so, he quit the Spanish Academy.
Alternate versions
There is a longer cut made for television. It was aired in 2001 in TVE.
External links
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