Plácido (film)
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Plácido is a 1961 Spanish black comedy
film directed by Luis García Berlanga. It was nominated to the Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film
. It was also entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival
.
Black comedy
A black comedy, or dark comedy, is a comic work that employs black humor or gallows humor. The definition of black humor is problematic; it has been argued that it corresponds to the earlier concept of gallows humor; and that, as humor has been defined since Freud as a comedic act that anesthetizes...
film directed by Luis García Berlanga. It was nominated to the Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
. It was also entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival
1962 Cannes Film Festival
-Jury:*Tetsuro Furukaki *Henry Deutschmeister *Sophie Desmarets *Jean Dutourd *Mel Ferrer *Romain Gary *Jerzy Kawalerowicz *Ernst Krüger...
.
Cast
- Cassen - Plácido Alonso (as Casto Sendra 'Cassen')
- José Luis López VázquezJosé Luis López VázquezJosé 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...
- Gabino Quintanilla - Elvira Quintillá - Emilia
- Manuel AlexandreManuel AlexandreManuel Alexandre Abarca was a Spanish film and television actor.-Career:He was a popular supporting actor. He won a Goya Award in 2003 for his career achievemnts.-Filmography in cinema:1947...
- Julián Alonso - Mario Bustos - (as Mario de Bustos)
- María Francés
- Mari Carmen Yepes - Martita (as Carmen Yepes)
- Jesús Puche - Don Arturo
- Roberto Llamas
- Amelia de la Torre - Doña Encarna de Galán
- Juan G. Medina
- José María CaffarelJosé María CaffarelJosé María Caffarel was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in over 170 films between 1957 and 1998.He was born and died in Barcelona, Spain.-Selected filmography:* Fine Gold...
- Zapater - Xan das Bolas - Rivas
- Laura Granados - Erika
- Juan Manuel Simón
See also
- List of submissions to the 34th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Spanish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film