That Happy Couple (1953)

Name: That Happy Couple
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1953-08-31
Duration: 79 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Elvira Quintillá, Félix Fernández, José Luis Ozores, Fernando Aguirre

That Happy Couple (1953), directed by Juan Antonio Bardem, starring Fernando Fernán Gómez and Elvira Quintillá.

08/31/1953 BR Comedy 1h 19m

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Synopsis

Juan and Carmen are a humble couple living in Madrid. She does the housework and he works as an electrician in a film studio. Their dreams of wellness come true when they win a contest sponsored by a soap brand.

Willy GoldbergerCinematography
Juan Antonio BardemDirector, Screenplay
Luis García BerlangaDirector, Screenplay
Pepita OrdunaEditing

About the film

Esa pareja feliz (translation: That Happy Couple) is a Spanish comedy film co-written and co-directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and Luis García Berlanga. It was their feature film debut and is considered a criticism of the consumerist desire that was beginning to appear in Spain. The film was made in 1951, but not released until 1953.

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Plot

Good-for-nothing, Juan marries Carmen to begin suffering what he thinks her and their friends' scorn at his proven inability to make a living, until he's lured to an apparent sound business that will for sure make them rich.

Cast

Fernando Fernán Gómez as Juan Granados Muñoz

Elvira Quintillá as Carmen González Fuentes

Félix Fernández as Rafa

José Luis Ozores as Luis

Fernando Aguirre as Organizador

Manuel Arbó as Esteban

Carmen Sánchez as Dueña del salón de té

Matilde Muñoz Sampedro as Amparo

Antonio García Quijada as Manolo

Antonio Garisa as Florentino

José Franco as Tenor

Alady as Técnico

Rafael Bardem as Don Julián, el Comisario

Rafael Alonso as Gerente Seguros 'La Víspera'

José Orjas

Francisco Bernal

Lola Gaos as Reina en Rodaje

Matías Prats Cañete as Locutor Deportivo (voice)

José Luis López Vázquez as Dependiente

Awards

Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos

References

External links

Esa pareja feliz at IMDb

Text from That Happy Couple on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Happy_Couple

Trivia

It premiered on August 31, 1953, a Monday.
It runs 1h19 — short for a feature film.
Its original title is "Esa pareja feliz".
This film's quiz has 11 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosAltamira
CountriesSpain
LanguagesSpanish
StatusReleased

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Crew

Willy Goldberger Cinematography
Juan Antonio Bardem Director
Luis García Berlanga Director
Pepita Orduna Editing
Jesús García Leoz Original music
Juan Antonio Bardem Screenplay
Luis García Berlanga Screenplay

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What is That Happy Couple about?

That Happy Couple: Juan and Carmen are a humble couple living in Madrid. She does the housework and he works as an electrician in a film studio. Their dreams of wellness come true when they win a contest sponsored by a soap brand.

Who directed That Happy Couple?

That Happy Couple was directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and Luis García Berlanga in 1953.

Who stars in That Happy Couple?

The cast of That Happy Couple includes Fernando Fernán Gómez, Elvira Quintillá, Félix Fernández, José Luis Ozores and Fernando Aguirre.

How long is That Happy Couple?

That Happy Couple runs for 79 minutes, or 1h19.