Nocturne 29

Nocturne 29 (1969)

Nocturno 29

Portabella’s first feature, co-scripted by poet Joan Brossa, became one of the most influential works of the Barcelona avant-garde, although like all his early films, it circulated only in an underground fashion. Eschewing dialogue, the director constructs a non-narrative story in fragments that reveal the daily lives of an adulterous couple interspersed with a cryptic stream of unrelated imagery. The title of this homage to directors including Eisenstein, Antonioni, Bergman, and Buñuel refers to the 29 “black years” of the Franco dictatorship. — chicago.cervantes.es

Date of release
1969-07-01
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (18)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director
Pere Portabella

Casting

Interesting facts

Nocturn 29 is a 1968 avant-garde experimental Catalan film in Spanish directed by Pere Portabella i Ràfols and starring Lucia Bosè (Lucía) and Màrius Cabré (Mario). It is a prime example of the Barcelona School of Film.

Production

The film was produced by Pere Portabella's production company, Films 59 (Barcelona) and distributed by Inter Arte Films, S.A.

Individuals involved in production were associated producers Jacques Levy and Anne M. Settimó, together with Pere Portabella. Head of production was Jaime Fernández Cid.

Portabella was the director, with José Luis Ruiz Marcos (?, ca. 1933 - Barcelona, 2018) as assistant director.

The script was by Portabella and the experimental poet Joan Brossa, who was responsible for the dialogues, which poet and translator Pere Gimferrer translating them from the Catalan into the Spanish (required during the Franco regime). Anne M. Settimó was responsible for the production script.

The music was by experimental composer and musician Josep Maria Mestres Quadreny, with Carles Santos on the piano and soprano / mezzo-soprano Anna Ricci singing.

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