Nocturno 29 1969

Portabella’s first feature, co-scripted by poet Joan Brossa, became one of the most influential works of the Barcelona avant-garde, although like all his early films, it circulated only in an underground fashion. Eschewing dialogue, the director constructs a non-narrative story in fragments that reveal the daily lives of an adulterous couple interspersed with a cryptic stream of unrelated imagery. The title of this homage to directors including Eisenstein, Antonioni, Bergman, and Buñuel refers to the 29 “black years” of the Franco dictatorship. — chicago.cervantes.es

Cast:

Lucía Bosè
Señora (as Lucia Bose) 

Mario Cabré
Señor (as Mario Cabre) 

Luis Ciges
 

Ramón Julia
(as Ramon Julia) 

Antonio Saura
 

Antoni Tàpies
(as Antoni Tapies) 

• 녹투르노 29