Fair of The Dove
– Life goes quietly in a traditional neighborhood of Madrid. Two beautiful girls, Susana and Casta, tr..
Life goes quietly in a traditional neighborhood of Madrid. Two beautiful girls, Susana and Casta, trade workers in the area, accepting mature attentions of a pharmacist, Don Hilarion. This affection dislike the young Julian, who is in love with Susan. Third movie version of the famous zarzuela by Tomas Breton. With musical arrangements by Gregorio Garcia Segura, the film tries to update the original story to fit the Madrid of the 60's.
19 Mar 1964
Spanish
José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
Ricardo de la Vega (libretto), José Luis Sáenz de Heredia (adaptation)
Concha Velasco, Vicente Parra, Miguel Ligero, Ángel Garasa
The narrator of the film explains to us that the Madrid of today keeps its old structure. To confirm it, the film begins with a story based on modern characters, but soon jumps 70 years back into the past and the argument follows the spanish "zarzuela" "La Verbena de la Paloma".
2 wins.