Esa pareja feliz | |
Director: | Juan Antonio Bardem Luis García Berlanga |
Starring: | Fernando Fernán Gómez Elvira Quintillá |
Music: | Jesús García Leoz (as Jesús G. Leoz) |
Cinematography: | Willy Goldberger (as Guillermo Golberger) |
Editing: | Pepita Orduna |
Runtime: | 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.
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.