Tristana

Tristana

95 mins | Drama | March 29, 1970

Tristana is a young Spanish woman left to the care of Don Lope, a protective but impoverished aristocrat. Don sells his possessions to avoid manual labor and champions the causes of the dispossessed and downtrodden of society. He takes advantage of the vulnerable Tristana, who leaves him when she falls in love with Horacio. Unable to commit to him, she returns to Don Lope when she falls ill. He asks for her hand in marriage, and she accepts after losing her leg to cancer. She chooses to remain in a passionless union rather than be subject to the harsh realities of a society that refuses to change to the needs of women. Taken from the novel by celebrated author Benito Perez Galdos.

Tristana

95 mins | Drama | March 29, 1970

Tristana
Tristana is a young Spanish woman left to the care of Don Lope, a protective but impoverished aristocrat. Don sells his possessions to avoid manual labor and champions the causes of the dispossessed and downtrodden of society. He takes advantage of the vulnerable Tristana, who leaves him when she falls in love with Horacio. Unable to commit to him, she returns to Don Lope when she falls ill. He asks for her hand in marriage, and she accepts after losing her leg to cancer. She chooses to remain in a passionless union rather than be subject to the harsh realities of a society that refuses to change to the needs of women. Taken from the novel by celebrated author Benito Perez Galdos.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Talía Films, Les Films Corona, Época Films S.A., Selenia Cinematografica
Original title Tristana
Directors Carmen Salas, Pierre Lary, José Puyol, Luis Buñuel
Writers Benito Pérez Galdós, Julio Alejandro, Luis Buñuel

Cast

Catherine Deneuve

as Tristana

Fernando Rey

as Don Lope

Franco Nero

as Horacio

Lola Gaos

as Saturna

Antonio Casas

as Don Cosme

Jesús Fernández

as Saturno

Vicente Soler

as Don Ambrosio

José Calvo

as Bellringer

Fernando Cebrián

as Dr. Miquis

Antonio Ferrandis

as Comprador

José María Caffarel

as Don Zenón

Cándida Losada

as Ciudadana

Joaquín Pamplona

as Don Joaquín

Mary Paz Pondal

as Muchacha

Juanjo Menéndez

as Don Cándido

José Blanch

as Comandante

Sergio Mendizábal

as Headmaster

Adriano Domínguez

as Policía

Aldo Sambrell

as (uncredited)

Alfredo Santacruz

as (uncredited)

Luis Aller

as (uncredited)

Saturno Cerra

as (uncredited)

Leonardo Scavino

as (uncredited)

Vicente Roca

as (uncredited)

José Riesgo

as (uncredited)

Antonio Cintado

as (uncredited)

Pilar Vela

as (uncredited)

Rosa L. Gorostegui

as (uncredited)