Susana (1969)

Susana is a girl that is sent to work to a small coast village in the south of Spain. The women in the villages receive her with a cold shoulder. Susana finds out that they are resentful ... See full summary »

Director:

Mariano Ozores

Writer:

Mariano Ozores

Stars:

Concha Velasco, Juanjo Menéndez, Ángel Aranda

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Concha Velasco	...	Susana (as Conchita Velasco)
Juanjo Menéndez	...	Mario
Ángel Aranda	...	Pepe
Florinda Chico	...	Damiana
Roberto Camardiel	...	Emilio
Paca Gabaldón	...	Alicia (as Mary Francis)
Antonio Ozores	...	Fidel
Rafaela Aparicio	...	María
Manuel Zarzo	...	Paco
Perla Cristal	...	Julia
José Sacristán	...	Pedro
Fernanda Hurtado	...	Inés
Mary Begoña	...	Jacinta
Rogelio Madrid	...	Novio de Pili
Goyo Lebrero	...	Antonio

Storyline

Susana is a girl that is sent to work to a small coast village in the south of Spain. The women in the villages receive her with a cold shoulder. Susana finds out that they are resentful towards their husbands: before, they used to fish close to home and now they fish far away for months and months. Susana will give the women some lessons about living together, so the men would consider going back to old ways. This will make her fall in love again.

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Plot Keywords:

battle of the sexes | musical number | reference to burt lancaster | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Filming Locations:

Roquetas de Mar, Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ízaro Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Un, don, din
By Gregorio García Segura and Alfredo García Segura (as Hermanos García Segura)
Performed by Los Gemelos del Sur
Recorded on Vergara Records

User Reviews

Mediocre comedy with the sympathetic Concha Velasco and regularly directed by the prolific Mariano Ozores

It deals with Susana, Concha Velasco, who is left on her wedding day, then her chief, Tomas Blanco , assigns her to work on a small coast village and to carry out a peculiar job . There she meets the Mayor's wife , Florinda Chico, and the Town Hall secretary's spouse :Rafaela Aparicio and other angry women as Perla Cristal, Paloma Cela, Mary Francis, Mary Begoña . Susana finds out that the lonely women are resentful towards their hubbies. Later on, Susana gives some marriage lessons to the abandoned women .As husbands : Roberto Camardiel , Manuel Zarzo, Jose Sacristan .. use to fish far away for long time, around six months , nowadays , they go back but the fishermen find some unexpected surprises.

This is a silly and corny comedy with ridiculous situations, ordinary battle of the sexes and love stories . Stars Concha Velasco giving a likeable acting as the beautiful girl who delivers advices about living together to the villager women and she, finally , falls in love for a fisherman. She is well accompanied by a good support cast, such as Juanjo Menendez , Angel Aranda , Roberto Camardiel, Florinda Chico, Perla Cristal, Goyo Lebrero, Antonio Ozores , Erasmo Pascual , Jose Sacristan, Rogelio Madrid , Emilio Laguna , Mary Begoña, Mary Francis or Paca Gabaldon, Beni Deus, among others. And a cameo by weather TV presenter Mariano Medina.

It contains a glimmering and colorful cinematography by Vicente Minaya, shot in the South of Spain in Roquetas de Mar, Aguadulce, Almeria, Andalucia . Including an atmospheric musical score by Jose Torregrosa, adding some catching songs sung by Los Gemelos del Mar and by Concha Velasco herself . Being produced by Izaro Films, the motion picture was middlingly directed by Mariano Ozores.He is brother of Antonio Ozores and uncle of Adriana Ozores and Emma Ozores. A prolific craftsman who directed lots of films and comedies especially. His first one was in 1951 titled : Las dos y media y veneno. Subsequently, he made Cronica de nueve meses, 4 noches de boda, Taxi de los conflictos, Suspendido en sinverguenza ,A mi las mujeres ni fu ni fa, La graduada, La llamaban Madrina , El calzonazos, Celedonio y yo somos asi, Los presuntos, and many others. But he also directed other genres as Religious :Alegre Juventud, Scifi as La Hora incognita, and Documentary : Morir en Madrid. His greatest hits were the movies starred by Andres Pajares and Fernando Esteso such as Que gozada de divorcio, Cristobal Colon oficio descubridor, Los liantes, Los energeticos , Brujas magicas, El hijo del cura , Padre no hay mas que dos, Agitese antes de usarla , El currante, Al este del oeste, Que tia la Cia , La lola nos lleva al huerto and many others