Ninette is a Spanish comedy film directed by José Luis Garci. Released in 2005, it is based on the plays Ninette y un señor de Murcia and Ninette, modas de París by Miguel Mihura.[1][2][3][4][5]
The film had 7 Goya Award nominations and one win.[6]
Plot
Ninette Sánchez is an intelligent, sexy, charming and spontaneous Parisian girl, daughter of Spanish republican exiles, working in the Galeries Lafayette. Her ingenuousness and beauty charms Andrés, a humble Spanish vendor of religious items from Murcia, who is staying with her family after he came to Paris to meet "easy" French women. Andrés falls for her many charms. Unfortunately, Ninette's parents, Armando and Bernarda do not take the news well when Ninette announces that she is pregnant.
Cast
- Carlos Hipólito as Andrés
- Elsa Pataky as Alejandra 'Ninette'
- Enrique Villén as Armando
- Beatriz Carvajal as Madame Bernarda
- Fernando Delgado as Monsieur Pierre
- Mar Regueras as Maruja
- Miguel Rellán as Don Roque
- Javivi as Vecino de Ninette / Director del hotel
- Carlos Iglesias as Jugador de mus
- Eduardo Gómez as Jugador de mus
- Jorge Roelas as Jugador de mus
- Luis José Ventin as (billed as Luis Ventín)
- María Elena Flores as Melchora
DVD release
Ninette is available in Region 2 DVD in Spanish with English subtitles.
Screenings
The film was screened in Madrid in 2024 in a retrospective of Garci's work.[7]
References
- ^ Herrero, Luis (2024-06-27). ""Ninette"". esRadio (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-03-09.
- ^ "José Luis Garci desvela en Málaga los primeros detalles de «Ninette», su película homenaje a Miguel Mihura". Diario ABC (in Spanish). 2005-04-26. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
- ^ "Garci homenajea a Mihura con su versión de ´Ninette´". El Periódico Extremadura (in Spanish). 2005-08-10. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
- ^ "Garci celebra el centenario de Mihura con una nueva versión de 'Ninette'". El País (in Spanish). 2005-08-09. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
- ^ EFE (2005-08-09). "Garci convierte a Elsa Pataky en la sensual 'Ninette' de Mihura". Canarias7 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-03-09.
- ^ https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/ninette/
- ^ "Filmografía selecta y coloquios sobre José Luis Garci en un ciclo retrospectivo de su obra - Ayuntamiento de Madrid". www.madrid.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-03-09.
See also
External links
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