The Grandfather (1998)
El abuelo
Love or honor? How can one choose?
After his son dies, an elderly man comes back to Spain from the US and hopes to find out which of his granddaughters is true, and which one is bastard.
- Date of release
- 1998-10-16
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (43)
- Runtime
- 2h 31m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- José Luis Garci
Casting
- Fernando Fernán Gómez — Don Rodrigo de Arista Potestad
- Rafael Alonso — Don Pío Coronado
- Cayetana Guillén Cuervo — Doña Lucrecia Richmond
- Agustín González — Senén Corchado
- Cristina Cruz — Dolly
- Alicia Rozas — Nelly
- Fernando Guillén — Alcalde de Jerusa
- Francisco Piquer — Prior de Zaratay
- María Massip — Gregoria
- José Caride — Venancio
- Francisco Algora — Don Carmelo
- Juan Calot — Don Salvador, médico
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Madrid
- Awards: 3 · Nominations: 2. Including: Goya Award for Best Actor; Medal of the Circle of Cinematographic Writers for the best film; Medal of the Circle of Cinematographic Writers for the best actress
The Grandfather is a 1998 Spanish drama film written, produced and directed by José Luis Garci. It stars Fernando Fernán-Gómez, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo and Rafael Alonso. The film, an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Benito Pérez Galdós, tells the story of an aristocrat's search to discover which of his two putative granddaughters resulted from an extramarital affair by his daughter-in-law.
Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.
Recommended
- Hot Milk 2025 · ★ 5.9
- On the Fringe 2022 · ★ 6.6
- Dad 1989 · ★ 6.4
- Madrid, 1987 2012 · ★ 6.6
- 7 Virgins 2005 · ★ 6.1
- Tótem 2023 · ★ 6.8
- Fatima 2020 · ★ 7.2
- Black or White 2015 · ★ 6.8
- East of Eden 1955 · ★ 7.5
- Blue Jasmine 2013 · ★ 7.0
- Small Things Like These 2024 · ★ 6.7
- Women Talking 2022 · ★ 6.8