Nocturne 29

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

• Pere PortabellaDirector
• Pere PortabellaScreenplay
• Joan BrossaScreenplay
• Josep M. Mestres QuadrenyOriginal Music Composer

• Lucia BosèSeñora (as Lucia Bose)
• Mario CabréSeñor (as Mario Cabre)
• Luis CigesCast
• Ramón Julia(as Ramon Julia)
• Antonio SauraCast
• Antoni Tàpies(as Antoni Tapies)
• Joan PonçCast
• Jordi PratsCast