The Garden of Delights
– The greedy relatives of an amnesic and paralytic 45 years old millionaire try him to recover his mem..
The greedy relatives of an amnesic and paralytic 45 years old millionaire try him to recover his memory by any means.
03 May 1972
Spanish
Carlos Saura
Rafael Azcona (screenplay), Carlos Saura (screenplay), Carlos Saura (idea)
José Luis López Vázquez, Luchy Soto, Francisco Pierrá, Charo Soriano
Surreal look at a family's attempts to shock, bully, frighten, coach, and cajole Antonio Cano into regaining his memory and his management powers after an auto accident. He's middle-aged, wealthy, the leader of a family corporation. After the accident he can't remember his Swiss bank account numbers, can't sign documents, and can't lead his board of directors. His father needs Antonio's recovery to keep family control of the corporation, and Antonio's wife, children, and mistress want access to Antonio's money. They stage elaborate recreations of traumas in his childhood that mix with his own memories and hallucinations. Will they succeed? Will he come out of it?
4 wins & 1 nomination.