Be Wanton and Tread No Shame explained

Director:Fernando Trueba
Screenplay:Fernando Trueba
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Gross:308 million
Cinematography:Juan Amorós
Editing:Carmen Frías
Music:Ángel Muñoz Alonso
Country:Spain
Language:Spanish
Studio:Iberoamericana

Be Wanton and Tread No Shame (Spanish; Castilian: '''Sé infiel y no mires con quién'''|link=no) is a 1985 Spanish comedy film directed and written by Fernando Trueba based on the play Move Over Mrs. Markham by Ray Cooney and John Chapman. It stars Ana Belén, Carmen Maura, Antonio Resines, and Santiago Ramos.

Plot

Paco and Fernando, two partners in a small publishing company at a low ebb, seek to seal a deal with popular children literature writer Adela Mora by means of deceit. When they are about the meet with the writer confusion about their extramarital affairs (and about those involving their wives, Carmen and Rosa) erupts.[1] [2]

Production

The screenplay is an adaptation of the play Move Over Mrs. Markham by Ray Cooney and John Chapman.[3] The film is an Iberoamericana (Andrés Vicente Gómez) production.[4]

Release

The film was released theatrically on 5 December 1985, grossing 308,205,211 ₧ (1,014,639 admissions).[5] A box-office hit, it proved to be a breakthrough work for Trueba.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Películas en tv hoy sábado 8 de octubre del 2016. El Periódico de Catalunya. Txerra. Cirbián. 8 October 2016. Prensa Ibérica.
  2. Web site: La 1 emite la comedia de Fernando Trueba 'Sé infiel y no mires con quién'. Europa Press. 26 November 2009.
  3. Book: Bardzińska, Joanna. El camino inverso: del cine al teatro, La vida en un hilo, de Edgar Neville y Mi adorado Juan, de Miguel Mihura. 33. London. 978-1-78188-006-7. 2014. The Modern Humanities Research Association.
  4. La "Ley Miró". Luces y sombras de una política para el cine español. Nosferatu. 46. 1998. Carlos F.. Heredero. 28. 1131-9372. Universitat Politècnica de València.
  5. Book: Caparrós Lera, José María. 380. El cine español de la democracia: de la muerte de Franco al "cambio" socialista (1975-1989). 84-7658-312-5. Barcelona. Anthropos Editorial. 1992.
  6. Book: Mira, Alberto. Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema. 299. Lanham. The Scarecrow Press, Inc.. 2010. 978-0-8108-5957-9.