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Esa pareja feliz
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJuan Antonio Bardem
Luis García Berlanga
Written byJuan Antonio Bardem
Luis García Berlanga
StarringFernando Fernán Gómez
Elvira Quintillá
CinematographyWilly Goldberger (as Guillermo Golberger)
Edited byPepita Orduna
Music byJesús García Leoz (as Jesús G. Leoz)
Release date
  • 31 August 1953 (1953-08-31)
Running time
83 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

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. 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