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

Cast & Crew

Director

Pere Portabella

Lucia Bosè

Señora (as Lucia Bose)

Mario Cabré

Señor (as Mario Cabre)

Luis Ciges

Ramón Julia

(as Ramon Julia)

Antonio Saura

Antoni Tàpies

(as Antoni Tapies)