That Happy Couple

Esa pareja feliz
Esa pareja feliz
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Juan Antonio Bardem; Luis García Berlanga
Written by	Juan Antonio Bardem; Luis García Berlanga
Starring	Fernando Fernán Gómez; Elvira Quintillá
Cinematography	Willy Goldberger (as Guillermo Golberger)
Edited by	Pepita Orduna
Music by	Jesús García Leoz (as Jesús G. Leoz)
Release date	31 August 1953;
Running time	83 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Esa pareja feliz (translation: That Happy Couple) is a Spanish comedy film co-written and co-directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and Luis García Berlanga. It was their feature film debut and is considered a criticism of the consumerist desire that was beginning to appear in Spain. The film was made in 1951, but not released until 1953.

Plot

Good-for-nothing, Juan marries Carmen to begin suffering what he thinks her and their friends' scorn at his proven inability to make a living, until he's lured to an apparent sound business that will for sure make them rich.

Cast

Fernando Fernán Gómez as Juan Granados Muñoz
Elvira Quintillá as Carmen González Fuentes
Félix Fernández as Rafa
José Luis Ozores as Luis
Fernando Aguirre as Organizador
Manuel Arbó as Esteban
Carmen Sánchez as Dueña del salón de té
Matilde Muñoz Sampedro as Amparo
Antonio García Quijada as Manolo
Antonio Garisa as Florentino
José Franco as Tenor
Alady as Técnico
Rafael Bardem as Don Julián, el Comisario
Rafael Alonso as Gerente Seguros 'La Víspera'
José Orjas
Francisco Bernal
Lola Gaos as Reina en Rodaje
Matías Prats Cañete as Locutor Deportivo (voice)
José Luis López Vázquez as Dependiente

External links

Esa pareja feliz at IMDb

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