Las verdes praderas is a 1978

1979 in film

The year 1979 in film involved some significant events.- Major events :* March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.* May 25 - Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released....

 Spanish film written and directed by José Luis Garci

José Luis Garci

José Luis Garci is a producer, critic, TV presenter, writer, screenwriter and film director in Spanish cinema. He earned worldwide acclaim and his country's first Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for Begin the Beguine...

, starring Alfredo Landa

Alfredo Landa

Alfredo Landa Areitio is a Spanish actor.- Biography :He was born in Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. He finished his pre-university studies in San Sebastián. He then began university studies on Law, where he began to work with university school groups...

. The film is a reflection of the years of prosperity lived in Spain after the transition to democracy that followed the death of Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...

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Plot

José Rebolledo has a good job at an advertising company and sincerely loves his wife, Elena. The couple has two children and they all seem the perfect family. Without financial problems they can afford some quirks and have acquired a chalet in the Sierra de Madrid where they spend weekends in the company of family and friends, playing sports and having barbecues. However,for José, within this apparent happiness lies a deep sense of frustration with the lifestyle he has chosen. José finds himself out of place in this bourgeois life and he decides to break with it.

Cast

• Alfredo Landa
  Alfredo Landa
  Alfredo Landa Areitio is a Spanish actor.- Biography :He was born in Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. He finished his pre-university studies in San Sebastián. He then began university studies on Law, where he began to work with university school groups...
  
   - José Rebolledo
• María Casanova - Conchi
• Carlos Larrañaga
  Carlos Larrañaga
  -Personal life:Larrañaga is the son of actress María Fernanda Ladrón de Guevara, brother of Amparo Rivelles. Father of the actors Amparo Larrañaga, Pedro Larrañaga, Luis Merlo. He is the father in law of Maribel Verdú.He was married to writer Ana Diosdado...
  
   - Ricardo
• Pedro Díez del Corral - Alberto
• Cecilia Roth
  Cecilia Roth
  Cecilia Roth is an Argentine actress.Her father, Abrasha Rotenberg , a Jewish immigrant from the Soviet Ukraine, is an editor and a journalist. He met Cecilia's mother, an Argentinian singer of Sephardic descent Dina Rot, in Argentina. Cecilia Roth has made appearances in numerous television series...
  
   - Matilde
• Norma Aleandro
  Norma Aleandro
  Norma Aleandro Robledo is an Argentine actress and screenwriter, born in Buenos Aires to Pedro Aleandro and María Luisa Robledo, both actors. Her sister, María Vaner, was a famous actress in Argentina.- Life and career :...
  
   - Fidela

DVD release

Las verdes praderas is available in Region 2 DVD in Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

only. It was released on DVD in 2009.