The Stilts

The Stilts (1984)

Los zancos

After the death of his wife, Angel, a university professor and writer, he falls into a severe depression. He flees to his house in the country, but there the evil is accentuated, which leads him to an attempted suicide that Teresa, his young neighbor, saves him. Angel starts a relationship with her and her partner, Alberto. Soon he falls in love with Teresa and, through a passionate relationship, he frees himself from his torments. Teresa, Alberto and her theater group on stilts ask her to write a play to represent her in the town. Obsessed by Teresa, she is vivified with this experience with the young, but she soon moves away from him carnally. This rupture desperate and as Teresa disabuses him of any possibility of continuity, in the mind of Angel reappears suicide as the only solution

Date of release
1984-10-10
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Drama
Director
Carlos Saura

Casting

Interesting facts

The Stilts is a 1984 Spanish drama film directed by Carlos Saura and written by Saura and Fernando Fernán-Gómez which stars Fernán-Gómez, Laura del Sol, Francisco Rabal, and Antonio Banderas.

Production

The film is an Emiliano Piedra PC production. It boasted a 70 million ₧ budget. Shooting locations included Torrelodones.

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