El jardín de las delicias , also known as The Garden of Delights in English language cinema, is a 1970

1970 in film

The year 1970 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 9 - Larry Fine, the second member of The Three Stooges, suffers a massive stroke, therefore ending his career....

 Spanish

Spain

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 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 co-written and directed by Carlos Saura

Carlos Saura

Carlos Saura Atarés is a Spanish film director and photographer.-Early life:Born into a family of artists , he developed his artistic sense in childhood as a photography enthusiast.He obtained his directing diploma in Madrid in 1957 at the Institute of Cinema Research and Studies...

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The film was censured by contemporary Spanish Censorship because of its Franco

Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...

 bourgeois satire and Spanish Civil War

Spanish Civil War

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 references.

Plot summary

Antonio Cano, 45 years old, is an important businessman who was severely injured in a car accident. Because of this, he is temporarily paralyzed and suffers memory loss. His family, friends and business associates all try to recreate scenes from his life in order to revive his memory which, little by little, does begin to return. Each day Antonio is placed in his beautiful garden where he relives many memories, both real and imagined.

Cultural Significance

All of the striking scene changes and radical imagery are metaphors for the suppression and suffering of Spanish people under the Franco

Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...

 regime, who could only speak out about their plight by means of allegorical films/stories such as El jardín de las delicias.

Cast

• José Luis López Vázquez
  José Luis López Vázquez
  José Luis López Vázquez de la Torre was a Spanish actor. -Career:López Vázquez was born in Madrid. He originally worked in theater as a costume designer, a scenic designer, and as an assistant director to Pío Ballesteros and Enrique Herreros. In 1946, he switched over to film, with a small role in...
  
  as Antonio
• Francisco Pierrá as Don Pedro
• Esperanza Roy
  Esperanza Roy
  Esperanza Roy, is a Spanish actress.She started with revue shows before she debuted in film in 1962. Her husband is the Basque film director Javier Aguirre Fernández.- Filmography:* El comisario TV...
  
  as Nicole
• Antonio Acebal
• Alberto Alonso as Tony
• Eduardo Calvo
• Antonio Canal as Friend 3
• Lina Canalejas as Tía
• Roberto Cruz
• Ignacio de Paúl
• Luisa Fernanda Gaona
• José Nieto as Friend 1
• Yamil Omar
• Mayrata O'Wisiedo as Nurse
• Julia Peña as Julia
• Luis Peña as Friend
• Marisa Porcel
• Porfiria Sanchíz as (voice) (as Porfiría Sanchís)
• Charo Soriano as Actress
• Luchy Soto as Luchy
• Gloria Berrocal as (uncredited)
• Geraldine Chaplin
  Geraldine Chaplin
  Geraldine Leigh Chaplin is an English-American actress and the daughter of Charlie Chaplin.Chaplin first came to prominence for her Golden Globe-nominated role of Tonya in David Lean's Doctor Zhivago . She received her second Golden Globe nomination for Robert Altman's Nashville...
  
  as (uncredited), she appears on church
• Luis de Pablo as (uncredited)