Mamá cumple cien años

Mamá cumple 100 años
French film poster
Directed by	Carlos Saura
Produced by	Elías Querejeta
Written by	Carlos Saura Rafael Azcona
Starring	Geraldine Chaplin Fernando Fernán Gómez Rafaela Aparicio Amparo Muñoz
Music by	Luis de Pablo
Cinematography	Luis Cuadrado
Editing by	Pablo González del Amo
Release date(s)	September 17, 1979
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Mamá cumple cien años is a 1979 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Carlos Saura. The film is a comedy sequel of the drama Ana and the Wolves directed by Saura in 1973.

It was nominated to the Academy Award as Best Foreign Film.^[1]

Plot summary

A resurrected British governess, Ana, returns to an isolated country estate in arid region of Castile, where 15 years earlier she was murdered. During her absence, the children have become men and women and the family have become transformed by Spain's political and cultural changes. ^[2] The family are keen to restore their economic power and see the sale of the family estate as a solution. However, Mamá is reluctant to sell, not wanting to leave her memories and she is the subsequently the intended victim of a murder plot.^[3]

Cast

• Geraldine Chaplin as Ana
• Amparo Muñoz as Natalia
• Fernando Fernán Gómez as Fernando
• Norman Briski as Antonio
• Rafaela Aparicio as Mamá
• Charo Soriano as Luchi
• José Vivó as Juan
• Ángeles Torres as Carlota
• Elisa Nandi as Victoria
• Rita Maiden as Solange
• Monique Ciron as Anny
• José Luis López Vázquez as José

References

1. ^ Españoles en los Oscar RTVE. 5 March 2010
2. ^ Kinder, Marsha. Carlos Saura: the political development of individual consciousness. Film Quarterly. Issue 3 Spring 1979
3. ^ Bentley, Bernard P.E. (2008). A companion to Spanish cinema. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. 

External links

• Mamá cumple cien años at the Internet Movie Database