The Grandfather (1998 film)
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| El abuelo | |
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| Directed by | José Luis Garci |
| Produced by | José Luis Garci |
| Written by | José Luis Garci Horacio Valcárcel |
| Starring | Fernando Fernán-Gómez Rafael Alonso Cayetana Guillén Cuervo Agustín González Cristina Cruz Mínguez Alicia Rozas Fernando Guillén Emma Cohen María Massip |
| Music by | Manuel Balboa |
| Cinematography | Raúl Pérez Cubero |
| Editing by | Miguel González Sinde |
| Distributed by | Miramax in USA |
| Release date(s) | April 18, 1998 Spain October 8, 1999 Los Angeles, USA |
| Running time | 151 minutes |
| Country |  Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
| IMDb profile | |
The Grandfather (Spanish: El abuelo) is a 1998 Spanish drama film written, produced and directed by José Luis Garci.
The film is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Benito Pérez Galdós.
In 1972, Rafael Gil made a previous version titled La duda.
[edit] Awards
The film was an Academy Award nominee as Best Foreign Film.
Fernando Fernán-Gómez won Goya Award as Best Actor. There was a controversy with Garci that year with Goyas. He was accused of buying votes for the film, so, he quit the Spanish Academy.
[edit] Alternate versions
There is a longer cut made for television. It was aired in 2001 in TVE.
[edit] External links
- El Abuelo at the Internet Movie Database
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