That Happy Couple

Template:Infobox film/short descriptionTemplate:Template other Esa pareja feliz (translation: That Happy Couple) is a Spanish comedy film co-written and co-directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and Luis García Berlanga. It was their feature film debut and is considered a criticism of the consumerist desire that was beginning to appear in Spain. The film was made in 1951, but not released until 1953.

Plot

Good-for-nothing, Juan marries Carmen to begin suffering what he thinks her and their friends' scorn at his proven inability to make a living, until he's lured to an apparent sound business that will for sure make them rich.

Cast

• Fernando Fernán Gómez as Juan Granados Muñoz
• Elvira Quintillá as Carmen González Fuentes
• Félix Fernández as Rafa
• José Luis Ozores as Luis
• Fernando Aguirre as Organizador
• Manuel Arbó as Esteban
• Carmen Sánchez as Dueña del salón de té
• Matilde Muñoz Sampedro as Amparo
• Antonio García Quijada as Manolo
• Antonio Garisa as Florentino
• José Franco as Tenor
• Alady as Técnico
• Rafael Bardem as Don Julián, el Comisario
• Rafael Alonso as Gerente Seguros 'La Víspera'
• José Orjas
• Francisco Bernal
• Lola Gaos as Reina en Rodaje
• Matías Prats Cañete as Locutor Deportivo (voice)
• José Luis López Vázquez as Dependiente

Awards

Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos

Year	Award	Nominee	Result	Ref.
1951	"Jimeno" Revelation Award	Juan Antonio Bardem Luis García Berlanga	Won

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