Cousin Angelica
La prima Angélica
Spain • 1974
Director
Synopsis
Carlos Saura’s most explosively controversial work, COUSIN ANGELICA ignited a violent uproar for its provocative treatment of the Spanish Civil War, with the film’s right-wing detractors going so far as to firebomb a Barcelona theater where it was being shown. Following the death of his mother, unmarried, middle-aged businessman Luis (José Luis López Vázquez) travels from Barcelona to Segovia to oversee her burial. There, he reconnects with the woman who was his childhood love, his cousin Angelica (Lina Canalejas), sending him back in time through his conflicting memories of growing up during the Spanish Civil War.
Synopsis
Carlos Saura’s most explosively controversial work, COUSIN ANGELICA ignited a violent uproar for its provocative treatment of the Spanish Civil War, with the film’s right-wing detractors going so far as to firebomb a Barcelona theater where it was being shown. Following the death of his mother, unmarried, middle-aged businessman Luis (José Luis López Vázquez) travels from Barcelona to Segovia to oversee her burial. There, he reconnects with the woman who was his childhood love, his cousin Angelica (Lina Canalejas), sending him back in time through his conflicting memories of growing up during the Spanish Civil War.
Credits
Crew
DirectorCarlos Saura
WriterCarlos Saura, Rafael Azcona
CinematographerLuis Cuadrado
EditorPablo G. del Amo
ProducerElías Querejeta
Cast
José Luis López Vázquezas Luis
Lina Canalejasas Angélica
Fernando Delgadoas Anselmo
María Clara Fernández de Loaysaas Angélica, child