''Pascual Duarte'' is a 1976 Spanish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Ricardo Franco Ricardo Franco (24 May 1949 in Madrid – 20 May 1998 in Madrid) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. Biography Nephew of Jesús Franco. He died at 49 years old when he filmed ''Lágrimas negras (film), Lágrimas negras''. He wrote ...

. It was entered into the

1976 Cannes Film Festival The 29th Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 28 May 1976. The Palme d'Or went to ''Taxi Driver'' by Martin Scorsese. In 1976, "L'Air du temps", a new section which was non-competitive and focused on contemporary subjects, was introduced. This ...

, where

José Luis Gómez José Luis Gómez may refer to: * José Luis Gómez (actor) (born 1940), Spanish actor and director * José Luis Gómez (footballer) (born 1993), Argentine footballer * José Luis Gómez Martínez (born 1943), Spanish professor * Joselu (footba ...

won the award for Best Actor. It is based on the novel ''

The Family of Pascual Duarte ''The Family of Pascual Duarte'' ( es, La Familia de Pascual Duarte, ) is a 1942 novel written by Spanish Nobel laureate Camilo José Cela. The first two editions created an uproar and in less than a year it was banned. A new Spanish edition w ...

'' by author

Camilo José Cela Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia (; 11 May 1916 – 17 January 2002) was a Spanish novelist, poet, story writer and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement. He was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Litera ...

Cast

as Pascual Duarte * Diana Perez de Guzman * Paca Ojea as Pascual's mother *

Héctor Alterio Héctor Benjamín Alterio Onorato (born 21 September 1929) is an Argentine theatre, film and television actor, well known both in Argentina and Spain. Biography Alterio's theatre debut came in 1948 as the lead in ''Cómo suicidarse en prima ...

as Esteban Duarte Diniz *

Eduardo Calvo Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male given name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to: Association football * Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean football player and sports commentator * Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footb ...

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

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* 1976 films Spanish drama films 1970s Spanish-language films 1976 drama films Films directed by Ricardo Franco Camilo José Cela 1970s Spanish films Spanish-language drama films {{1970s-Spain-film-stub