In Memoriam is the 1977 Spanish

Cinema of Spain

The art of motion-picture making within the nation of Spain or by Spanish filmmakers abroad is collectively known as Spanish Cinema.In recent years, Spanish cinema has achieved high marks of recognition as a result of its creative and technical excellence...

 directorial debut of Enrique Brasó. The film is based on a story by the Argentine writer, Adolfo Bioy Casares

Adolfo Bioy Casares

Adolfo Bioy Casares was an Argentine fiction writer, journalist, and translator. He was a friend and collaborator with his fellow countryman Jorge Luis Borges, and wrote what many consider one of the best pieces of fantastic fiction, the novella The Invention of Morel.-Biography:Adolfo Bioy...

. The film explores the thwarted romance between Julio (José Luis Gómez

José Luis Gómez

José Luis Gómez García is a Spanish film actor. He has appeared in 33 films since 1968. At the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, he won the award for Best Actor in the film Pascual Duarte.-Selected filmography:* Pascual Duarte...

) and Paulina (Geraldine Chaplin

Geraldine Chaplin

Geraldine Leigh Chaplin is an English-American actress and the daughter of Charlie Chaplin.Chaplin first came to prominence for her Golden Globe-nominated role of Tonya in David Lean's Doctor Zhivago . She received her second Golden Globe nomination for Robert Altman's Nashville...

). Brasó collaborated with Chaplin again, as a writer in In the City Without Limits

En la ciudad sin límites

En la ciudad sin límites is a 2002 Spanish-Argentine thriller directed by Antonio Hernández and starring Leonardo Sbaraglia and Fernando Fernán Gómez. The film was nominated for four Goya Awards in 2003, winning the award for Best Original Screenplay and Geraldine Chaplin winning the award for...

(2002) and Oculto (2005). In Memoriam was released in Spain on 2 September, 1977.

Plot

In pre-war Madrid, Julio, a shy writer fails to communicate his feelings towards Paulina, the woman he loves. She instead becomes involved with another writer who has no issue with communicating his feelings. A heartbroken Julio leaves Madrid for Cambridge but is shocked at what he discovers when he returns. The shocking truth is that Paulina has been dead for many years, murdered by her lover in a jealous rage after seeing Julio off on his journey to Cambridge.

Cast

• Geraldine Chaplin
  Geraldine Chaplin
  Geraldine Leigh Chaplin is an English-American actress and the daughter of Charlie Chaplin.Chaplin first came to prominence for her Golden Globe-nominated role of Tonya in David Lean's Doctor Zhivago . She received her second Golden Globe nomination for Robert Altman's Nashville...
  
   as Paulina Arevalo
• José Luis Gómez
  José Luis Gómez
  José Luis Gómez García is a Spanish film actor. He has appeared in 33 films since 1968. At the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, he won the award for Best Actor in the film Pascual Duarte.-Selected filmography:* Pascual Duarte...
  
  as Julio Montero
• Eduardo Calvo as Senor Segreras
• Emilio Fornet