Nocturne 29

5.1

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

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Lucia Bosè

Señora (as Lucia Bose)

Mario Cabré

Señor (as Mario Cabre)

Ramón Julia

(as Ramon Julia)

Antoni Tàpies

(as Antoni Tapies)

Camera

Luis Cuadrado

Director of Photography

Teo Escamilla

Camera Operator

Santiago Rodríguez

Focus Puller

Luis Cuadrado

Camera Operator

Directing

José Luis Ruiz Marcos

Assistant Director

Anne Settimó

Script Supervisor

Editing

Margarita Bernet

Assistant Editor

Production

Jacques Levy

Associate Producer

Anne Settimó

Associate Producer

Jaime Fernández-Cid

Production Manager

Sound

Josep M. Mestres Quadreny

Original Music Composer

Carles Santos

Musician

Writing

Joan Brossa

Dialogue

Joan Brossa

Screenplay

Pere Portabella

Screenplay

Camera

Luis Cuadrado

Director of Photography

Teo Escamilla

Camera Operator

Santiago Rodríguez

Focus Puller

Luis Cuadrado

Camera Operator

Directing

José Luis Ruiz Marcos

Assistant Director

Anne Settimó

Script Supervisor

Editing

Margarita Bernet

Assistant Editor

Production

Jacques Levy

Associate Producer

Anne Settimó

Associate Producer

Jaime Fernández-Cid

Production Manager

Sound

Josep M. Mestres Quadreny

Original Music Composer

Carles Santos

Musician

Writing

Joan Brossa

Dialogue

Joan Brossa

Screenplay

Pere Portabella

Screenplay