Tiovivo c. 1950 is a 2004

2004 in film

The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...

 Spanish film

Cinema of Spain

The art of motion-picture making within the nation of Spain or by Spanish filmmakers abroad is collectively known as Spanish Cinema.In recent years, Spanish cinema has achieved high marks of recognition as a result of its creative and technical excellence...

 directed by José Luis Garci

José Luis Garci

José Luis Garci is a producer, critic, TV presenter, writer, screenwriter and film director in Spanish cinema. He earned worldwide acclaim and his country's first Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for Begin the Beguine...

 and starring Elsa Pataky

Elsa Pataky

Elsa Lafuente Pataky is a Spanish actress.-Personal life:Pataky was born in Madrid, Spain, the daughter of José Francisco Lafuente, a Spanish biochemist, and Cristina Pataky Medianu, a publicist of Hungarian and Romanian ancestry. Pataky attended the Universidad de San Pablo CEU and studied...

, María Adánez

María Adánez

María Adánez Almenara is a Spanish actress, director, writer and producer.-Life and career:Adánez most popular work includes Pepa y Pepe, Farmacia de guardia, and Aquí no hay quien viva...

 and Carlos Hipólito.

The film was nominated for six Goya Awards

Goya Awards

The Goya Awards, known in Spanish as los Premios Goya, are Spain's main national film awards, considered by many in Spain, and internationally, to be the Spanish equivalent of the American Academy Awards....

 in 2005, and won the award for Best Production Design.

Plot

Set in Madrid in the years after the Second World War

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, the film offers a nostalgic vision of a city managing to sustain entertainment, hope and love in the face of post-war hardship.

Cast

• Elsa Pataky
  Elsa Pataky
  Elsa Lafuente Pataky is a Spanish actress.-Personal life:Pataky was born in Madrid, Spain, the daughter of José Francisco Lafuente, a Spanish biochemist, and Cristina Pataky Medianu, a publicist of Hungarian and Romanian ancestry. Pataky attended the Universidad de San Pablo CEU and studied...
  
   - Balbina
• María Adánez
  María Adánez
  María Adánez Almenara is a Spanish actress, director, writer and producer.-Life and career:Adánez most popular work includes Pepa y Pepe, Farmacia de guardia, and Aquí no hay quien viva...
  
  - Catalana
• Carlos Hipólito- Liebre
• Francisco Algora
  Francisco Algora
  Francisco Algora is a Spanish actor. He has appeared in 95 films and television shows since 1972. He starred in the 1973 film Habla, mudita, which was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
  
  - Povedano
• Fernando Fernán Gómez
  Fernando Fernán Gómez
  Fernando Fernán-Gómez was a Spanish actor and director. He was born in Lima, Peru as his mother, Spanish actress Carola Fernán-Gómez, was making a tour of Latin America. Inheriting his surname as a stage name, he moved to Spain in 1924.After the Spanish Civil War he began a study of Law but...
  
   - Tertuliano
• Agustín González
  Agustín González
  Agustín González Martínez, was a Spanish actor.- Biography :He was brother of Manuel González, one of the members of Los Brincos....
  
   - Ramón
• Ángel de Andrés López - Alcisco
• Aurora Bautista
  Aurora Bautista
  -Selected filmography:*1999 Adiós con el corazón, de José Luis García Sánchez*1988 Amanece, que no es poco, de José Luis Cuerda*1987 Divinas palabras, de José Luis García Sánchez*1985 Extramuros, de Miguel Picazo...
  
  - Anunciada
• Fernando Guillén Cuervo
  Fernando Guillén Cuervo
  Fernando Guillén Cuervo is a Spanish actor, film director and scriptwriter.His parents are Fernando Guillén and Gemma Cuervo, and his sisters are Cayetana and Natalia. All are actors. He wrote the script of Los novios búlgaros and worked as a direction assistant in Año mariano.- Filmography :-...
  
   - Higinio
• Alfredo Landa
  Alfredo Landa
  Alfredo Landa Areitio is a Spanish actor.- Biography :He was born in Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. He finished his pre-university studies in San Sebastián. He then began university studies on Law, where he began to work with university school groups...
  
   -Eusebio
• Carlos Larrañaga
  Carlos Larrañaga
  -Personal life:Larrañaga is the son of actress María Fernanda Ladrón de Guevara, brother of Amparo Rivelles. Father of the actors Amparo Larrañaga, Pedro Larrañaga, Luis Merlo. He is the father in law of Maribel Verdú.He was married to writer Ana Diosdado...
  
   -Marcelino
• Francis Lorenzo - Paco)
• Luisa Martín
  Luisa Martín
  Luisa Martín is a Spanish actress. She was born in Madrid and she started her career in theatre school. She is best known in a Spanish drama series Médico de familia.- External links :...
  
   - Laurita
• Andrés Pajares
  Andrés Pajares
  Andrés Pajares is an award-winning Spanish actor born on 6 April 1940 in Madrid, Spain.Credits include: ¡Ay Carmela! 1990.-Awards:* Won 1991 Goya Award for Best Actor: ¡Ay Carmela!...
  
  - Romualdo