Pascual Duarte Explained

Pascual Duarte
Director:	Ricardo Franco
Starring:	José Luis Gómez
Cinematography:	Luis Cuadrado
Editing:	Pablo González del Amo
Runtime:	94 minutes
Country:	Spain
Language:	Spanish

Pascual Duarte is a 1976 Spanish drama film directed by Ricardo Franco. It was entered into the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, where José Luis Gómez won the award for Best Actor.^[1] It is based on the novel The Family of Pascual Duarte by author Camilo José Cela.

Cast

• José Luis Gómez as Pascual Duarte
• Diana Perez de Guzman
• Paca Ojea as Pascual's mother
• Héctor Alterio as Esteban Duarte Diniz
• Eduardo Calvo as Don Jesús
• Joaquín Hinojosa as Paco López, "El Estirao"
• Maribel Ferrero
• Eduardo Bea
• Francisco Casares
• Eugenio Navarro
• Carlos Oller
• José Luis Baringo
• Carmen León (as Carmen de León)
• Pedrín Fernández
• Salvador Muñoz Calvo as Pascual Duarte, as a boy

Notes and References

1. Web site: Festival de Cannes: Pascual Duarte . 8 May 2009. festival-cannes.com.