Comedians (1954)
- Original title
- Cómicos
- Directed by
- Juan Antonio Bardem
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Argentina, Spain
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
It follows a traveling theater troupe of Spanish actors struggling with their careers and personal lives. The story focuses on the tensions and dreams of performers trying to find meaning on stage and off.
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What happens
Comedians (Spanish: Cómicos) is a 1954 Spanish drama film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem. It was coproduced with Argentina in the context of its classical-industrial period, but it is a Spanish film about Spaniards actors on stage. Bardem confessed to being inspired by All About Eve. The film was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. Bardem remade Cómicos as a musical in 1971, Variety starring Sara Montiel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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