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The Garden of Delights

Original title: El jardín de las delicias
  • 19701970
  • GPGP
  • 1h 35m
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6.6/10
536
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The Garden of Delights (1970)
  • Drama
A middle age construction tycoon is wheelchair-bound and amnesiac from a car accident in the company of his mistress. He alone had access to all his business's secrets, including the combina... Read allA middle age construction tycoon is wheelchair-bound and amnesiac from a car accident in the company of his mistress. He alone had access to all his business's secrets, including the combination to the safe and his Swiss bank account.A middle age construction tycoon is wheelchair-bound and amnesiac from a car accident in the company of his mistress. He alone had access to all his business's secrets, including the combination to the safe and his Swiss bank account.
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  • Director
    • Carlos Saura
  • Writers
    • Rafael Azcona(screenplay)
    • Carlos Saura(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • José Luis López Vázquez
    • Luchy Soto
    • Francisco Pierrá
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  • Director
    • Carlos Saura
  • Writers
    • Rafael Azcona(screenplay)
    • Carlos Saura(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • José Luis López Vázquez
    • Luchy Soto
    • Francisco Pierrá
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    • 6User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 1 nomination

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    José Luis López Vázquez
    José Luis López Vázquez
    • Antonio
    Luchy Soto
    Luchy Soto
    • Luchy
    Francisco Pierrá
    Francisco Pierrá
    • Don Pedro
    • (as Francisco Pierra)
    Charo Soriano
    Charo Soriano
    • Actriz
    Lina Canalejas
    Lina Canalejas
    • Tía
    Julia Peña
    • Julia
    Mayrata O'Wisiedo
    • Enfermera
    Esperanza Roy
    Esperanza Roy
    • Nicole
    Alberto Alonso
    Alberto Alonso
    • Tony
    Luis Peña
    Luis Peña
    • Ejecutivo
    José Nieto
    José Nieto
    • Ejecutivo
    Antonio Canal
    • Ejecutivo
    • (as Tony Canal)
    Eduardo Calvo
    Eduardo Calvo
    • Amigo 4
    Marisa Porcel
    Marisa Porcel
    • Criada
    Luisa Fernanda Gaona
    • Criada
    Yamil Omar
    • Chófer
    Roberto Cruz
    • Valet
    Antonio Acebal
    • Jardinero
    • Director
      • Carlos Saura
    • Writers
      • Rafael Azcona(screenplay)
      • Carlos Saura(screenplay) (idea)
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      Written by Joaquín Rodrigo

      Performed on guitar by Ernesto Bitetti

      Conducted by José Buenagú

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    6/10
    Strange and surrealist movie including fine actors giving terrific interpretations and decent but slowly directed by Carlos Saura
    Tragicomedy with good players but deliberate and rarely developed by Carlos Saura . It deals with the middle-aged Antonio (José Luis López Vázquez), chief of a family corporation who suffered a car accident and has his lost memory and being cared by a nurse (Mayrata O'Wisiedo) while is confined on a wheel chair . He belongs an upper-class family formed by ambitious relatives who attempt to coerce , shock , frighten , as well as elaborating stage recreations of traumas in his infancy into regaining his records and his management powers to find out the key of the safe and the Switzerland Bank account numbers . As Antonio's wife (Luchy Soto, this was her last film until early death , at 51) , parents (Francisco Pierrá) , descendants and relatives (Lina Canalejas) want access to Antonio's money and to keep family control of the enterprise formed by various mean executives (José Nieto , Eduardo Calvo , Luis Peña married to Luchy Soto).

    Surreal and disconcerting look at a Francoist family in which includes abstract moments about own memories , illusions , metaphors , symbolism , lies and hallucinations . A surrealistic dark comedy/drama with a lot of metaphoric remarks , dreams , records about childhood , and nightmarish in Luis Buñuel style . As it packs several surrealist scenes , Buñuel-alike , such as the medieval knights , the pig at the mansion , the children battles , when Antonio falls into the swimming pool and many others . During the seventies Carlos Saura shot a trilogy produced by Elias Querejeta about the selfish Spanish bourgeoisie or middle-class formed by ¨Jardín De Las Delicias¨ or "The Garden of Delights" (70) , ¨Ana Y Los Lobos¨ or ¨Anna and the wolves¨ (72) and ¨La Prima Angelica¨ or ¨Cousin Angelica¨ (73) . ¨Jardín De Delicias¨ has a symbolic and thoughtful tone , as the eccentric family represented the peculiar Spain ruled by a dark Franquist period . Written by Saura and the prestigious Rafael Azcona , the greatest screenwriter of the Spannih cinema , who when he worked in ¨La Codorniz¨ magazine was discovered by Marco Ferreri to write ¨El Pisito¨ and ¨El Cochecito¨. Again , Carlos Saura uses a political allegory with his particular characters , outstanding the omnipresent José Luis Vazquez along with other member of this Sui-Generis family . There are certainly many other political elements for those familiarized with the Spanish history , such as : a special recreation of the Republic proclamation April 14 , 1931 ; the Spanish Civil War (36-39) and Antonio/Vázquez , Franco-alike , inaugurating reservoirs , and factories . Very good acting by the great José Luis López Vazquez , he is awesome as the amnesic entrepreneur who can't remember his Swiss bank account numbers , can't lead his board of directors and can't sign documents . Atmospheric score by Luis De Pablo , adding the famous ¨Concert of Aranjuez¨, Sergei Prokofiev music : Alexander Newsky , and opera , traditional ,and popular songs , performed by Imperio Argentina and Jena-Uwe Eggert . Evocative cinematography by Luis Cuadrado , Saura's regular , shot on location in El Escorial and Aranjuez , Madrid .

    This dark comedy was well produced by Querejeta and compellingly written/directed by Carlos Saura at his usual style , being dedicated to his wife Geraldine Chaplin who appears briefly . Saura is a good Spanish movies director who goes on nowadays filmmaking . He began working in cinema in 1959 when he filmed ¨Los Golfos ¨(1962) dealing with juvenile delinquency from a sociological point of view . Later on , he made ¨LLanto Por Un Bandido¨ or "Weeping for a Bandit" (1964) starred by an all European-star-cast . Saura is a well recognized filmmaker both nationally and internationally , and in proof of it he won a lot of prizes among which there are the following ones : Silver Bear in Festival of Berlin for ¨Peppermint Frappé¨ (1967) and the successful ¨La Caza¨ (1966) that also won numerous prizes in International Festivals and in which four characters facing each other and terminating into a jarring burst of violence and being full of political allegories . Saura achieved Special Jury Awards in Cannes for ¨La Prima Angélica¨ (1974) , and for ¨Cría Cuervos¨ (1976) . Also, the surrealistic and disconcerting comedy ¨Mamá Cumple Cien Años¨ (1979) got an Oscar nomination in 1979 as the best foreign film , and it also won the Special Jury Award at the San Sebastian Festival . He subsequently made ¨Deprisa , Deprisa¨ based on facts about juvenile delinquency in Spain of the 80s , as he tried to take a position in favour of outcast people and he got to make a both lyric and documentary-style cinema . In 1990 , he won two Goya , The Spanish Oscar , as best adapted screenplay writer and best director . Saura became an expert on Iberian musical adaptations as ¨Carmen¨ , ¨Amor Brujo¨ , ¨Bodas De Sangre¨ , ¨Sevillanas¨ , ¨Iberia¨ , ¨Salome¨ , ¨Fado¨ , ¨Flamenco¨ and even recently Opera as ¨Io , Don Giovanni
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    • Release date
      • May 3, 1972 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • Spain
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Garten der Lüste
    • Filming locations
      • La Granjilla de La Fresneda, El Escorial, Madrid, Spain
    • Production company
      • Elías Querejeta Producciones Cinematográficas
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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