Life Goes On

Life Goes On (1965)

El mundo sigue

Madrid, Spain. Eloísa, a self-sacrificing wife and efficient mother, lives in the neighborhood of Maravillas with her husband, a violent policeman; her sanctimonious son, who spends his life studying and praying to atone for the sins of his family; and her two daughters, obsessed with wealth, who hate each other deeply.

Date of release
1965-05-10
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (26)
Runtime
1h 59m
Genres
Drama
Director
Fernando Fernán Gómez

Casting

Interesting facts

Life Goes On is a 1965 Spanish melodrama film directed and written by Fernando Fernán Gómez, which stars Lina Canalejas and Gemma Cuervo. It is based on the 1960 novel by Juan Antonio de Zunzunegui.

Production

Life Goes On is an adaptation of the 1960 novel El mundo sigue by Falangist author and RAE member Juan Antonio de Zunzunegui, which depicts a bleak vision of Madrilenian society, with Zunzunegui being, according to Fernán Gómez, "the writer who has best brought to narrative the enormous political failure of the Spanish post-war period".

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