- Nunca pasa nada
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Nothing Ever Happens Directed by Juan Antonio Bardem Produced by Cesáreo González Written by Juan Antonio Bardem
Alfonso Sastre
Henry-François ReyStarring Corinne Marchand
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Julia Gutiérrez CabaMusic by Georges Delerue Cinematography Juan Julio Baena Distributed by Suevia Films Release date(s) 1963 Running time 95 minutes Country Spain
FranceLanguage Spanish
FrenchNunca pasa nada or Nothing Ever Happens is a 1963 Spanish and French drama film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem, starring by a mixed cast of French and Spanish actors. It is spoken both in Spanish and French. It was a huge flop when it was released. The mçscore was composed by Georges Delerue.
The film was shown at Venice Film Festival. Julia Gutiérrez Caba was named Best Actress in Spain by Cinema Writers Circle, and Fotogramas de Plata
Plot
A French variety company travels across Spain coming back to France. The bus stops by a damage in a small village lost in Castilla, named, Medina del Zarzal. The vedette star Jaqueline (Corinne Marchand) is sick and she has to remain in the hospital where she is operated. The doctor (Antonio Casas) falls in love with her. She represents the freedom, the foreign country, the forbidden. Her presence in the village is a revolution for all the people: students, priests, rich men... The doctor's wife, Julia, played by Julia Gutiérrez Caba has to fight with the love proposition made by the local French language teacher, played by Jean Pierre Cassel, the only person in town who can speak to the foreigner.
Cast
- Corinne Marchand as Jacqueline
- Antonio Casas as Enrique
- Jean-Pierre Cassel as Juan
- Julia Gutiérrez Caba as Julia
- Pilar Gómez Ferrer as Doña Eulalia
- Ana María Ventura as Doña Assunta
- Matilde Muñoz Sampedro as Doña Obdulia
- Alfonso Godá as Pepe
- Rafael Bardem as Don Marcelino
External links
Directorial works of Juan Antonio Bardem Esa pareja feliz · Comedians · Felices pascuas · Death of a Cyclist · Main Street · Vengeance · Sonatas · Nothing Ever Happens · At Five O'Clock in the Afternoon · The Innocents · The Uninhibited · El último día de la guerra · Varietés · La corrupción de Chris Miller · La Isla misteriosa y el capitán Nemo · El poder del deseo · El puente · Siete días de enero · Lorca, muerte de un poeta · El joven Picasso · Resultado finalCategories:- Spanish films
- French films
- 1963 films
- Spanish-language films
- French-language films
- 1960s drama films
- Black-and-white films
- Films set in Spain
- Films directed by Juan Antonio Bardem
- Spanish film stubs
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