Long Live the Bride and Groom

Long Live the Bride and Groom (Spanish: ¡Vivan los novios!) is a 1970 Spanish black comedy film directed by Luis García Berlanga. It was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Long Live the Bride and Groom
Directed byLuis García Berlanga
Written byRafael Azcona
Luis García Berlanga
Produced byMarciano De La Fuente
Cesáreo González
StarringJosé Luis López Vázquez
CinematographyAurelio G. Larraya
Edited byJosé Luis Matesanz
Release date
  • 1970 (1970)
Running time
83 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Plot

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Leonardo, an employee of a provincial bank, travels to Costa Brava with his mother to marry Loli, owner of a souvenir shop, with whom he has maintained formal relations for years. Leonardo is a repressed man who has erotic fantasies about young, blonde, foreign women. On his last night as a single man, he decides to go out in search of an adventure.

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References

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  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Long Live the Bride and Groom". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 11 April 2009.
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