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The Love of Captain Brando

Fernando, an old Republican exiled, returns to the imaginary town of Trescabañas after 35 years of absence. Aurora, the attractive young school teacher of the small town, is rejected by the bigoted neighbors, who see a "dangerous" source of corruption of their students in her methods. Juan, her intelligent student of thirteen, takes refuge in the imaginary world of his adolescent fantasies to escape reality. The film tells the impossible love between Fernando, Aurora and Juan.

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Cast & Crew See All

Fernando Fernan Gomez
Fernando
Ana Belén
Aurora
Jaime Gamboa
Juan

Awards

  • 1975 - CEC Award - Best Supporting Actor (Mejor Actor Secundario) - winner
  • 1974 - Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost" - - winner
  • 1974 - Golden Berlin Bear - - nominated
  • 1974 - Prize of the National Syndicate of Spectacle - Best Film - winner

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