''Stress Is Three'' (Original title: Stress-es tres-tres) is a 1968 Spanish

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film directed by

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. The film stars

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and

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as a troubled married couple. Their marital problems are partially a consequence of Spain's rapidly modernizing consumer society. Saura explains that his film is "the study of the crisis in a seemingly developed society, the crisis of the modern Spaniard who, underneath the new veneer, is still a medieval man, who still has working within him the old taboos and moral repressions from his religious past."Bratton, Jean. ''The "Stress" Is on Geraldine Chaplin. The New York Times. pp. 13. 26 November 1967. Retrieved on 30 July 2011'' The film is experimental in nature, whereby Saura moved away from several of the formulas of his previous two films, ''

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'' and ''

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''. Saura noted, "At the root of it, I had the sense that in ''Peppermint Frappé'' I was very constrained by story and I wanted to unbind myself. So, I made ''Stress Is Three, Three'' as a kind of liberation."

Plot

The story takes place over one day. Three people embark together on a car trip from

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to Almeria. Fernando (Cebrián) is a successful industrialist; however, he is dismayed that his personal life does not reflect his glittering career. He is insecure about his faltering marriage to Teresa (Chaplin), who he believes is having an affair with his best friend, Antonio (Galiardo).

Cast

as Teresa *

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as Antonio *

as Fernando * Porfiria Sanchíz as Tía *

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as Guarda * Humberto Sempere as Niño * Charo Soriano

References

External links

* * {{Carlos Saura 1968 films 1960s Spanish-language films 1960s drama road movies Films directed by Carlos Saura 1968 drama films Spanish drama road movies Films shot in Almería Spanish-language drama films