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Directed by | Jaime de Armiñán |
Written by | Jaime de Armiñán Juan Tébar |
Starring |
Ana Belén Fernando Fernán Gómez Jaime Gamboa |
Music by | José Nieto |
Cinematography | Luis Cuadrado |
Edited by | José Luis Matesanz |
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Running time
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93 minutes |
Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
Box office | € 141,350 |
The Love of Captain Brando (Spanish: El amor del capitán Brando) is a 1974 Spanish drama film written and directed by Jaime de Armiñán, starring Ana Belén, Fernando Fernán Gómez and Jaime Gamboa. It was shot in Pedraza, a medieval village in the province of Segovia, renamed Trescabañas in the film. The plot follows the relationship of Aurora, a young school teacher, with two men of opposite generations who fall in love with her: Fernando, a middle age republican exile, and Juan, a thirteen-year-old boy who enjoys playing acting in Westerns, and his imitation of Marlon Brando gives the film its title. The Love of Captain Brando was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival.The film was a critical and commercial success.