Long Live the Bride and Groom (Spanish: ¡Vivan los novios!) is a 1970 Spanish black comedy film directed by Luis García Berlanga. It was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Plot
Leonardo, an employee of a provincial bank, travels to Costa Brava with his mother to marry Loli, owner of a souvenir shop, with whom he has maintained formal relations for years. Leonardo is a repressed man who has erotic fantasies about young, blonde, foreign women. On his last night as a single man, he decides to go out in search of an adventure.
Cast
- José Luis López Vázquez as Leonardo
- Laly Soldevila as Loli
- José María Prada as Pepito
- Manuel Alexandre as Carlos
- Xavier Vivé
- Teresa Gisbert
- Jane Fellner
- Luis Ciges
- Víctor Israel
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Long Live the Bride and Groom". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 11 April 2009.
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