Movie

Nocturne 29 (1969)

• July 1, 1969
• 1h 26m

• Drama
• Horror
• Mystery

Overview

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

Director

Pere Portabella

Writers

Pere Portabella, Joan Brossa

Starring

Lucia Bosè, Mario Cabré, Luis Ciges