El abuelo (The Grandfather) (1998)

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El abuelo (The Grandfather)

ORIGINAL TITLE

El abuelo

YEAR

1998

RUNNING TIME

140 min.

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COUNTRY

DIRECTOR

José Luis Garci

SCREENWRITER

José Luis Garci & Horacio Valcárcel (Novel: Benito Pérez Galdós)

COMPOSER

Manuel Balboa

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Raúl Pérez Cubero

CAST

Fernando Fernán-Gómez, Rafael Alonso, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Agustín González, Cristina Cruz Mínguez, Alicia Rozas, Fernando Guillén, Francisco Piquer, Emma Cohen, Antonio Valero, Nuria Rodríguez

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Nickel Odeon

AWARDS

1998: Nominated for Oscar: Best Foreign Language Picture
1998: Goya: Best Actor (Fernando Fernán Gómez). 13 Nominations

GENRE

Drama | Old Age

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

An elderly man (Fernando Fernán Gómez) returns to Spain after visiting the US during the Gold Rush and losing his fortune. He returns because his son has died leaving two daughters, and the son has left a note stating that one of the two is an illegitimate child. The grandfather hopes to find out which is his true granddaughter.

"El Abuelo" is a period drama about the struggle between love and honor from the Academy-award winner José Luis Garci (Volver a empezar, 1982).

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