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Opera Prima (1980)

Genre : Comedy, Drama

Runtime : 1H 34M

Director : Fernando Trueba
Writer : Fernando Trueba, Óscar Ladoire

Synopsis

Matias meets Violeta, his cousin one morning in Madrid at the Plaza de Opera. He is twenty-five. She is 18. He's a divorced journalist trying to write a thriller. She studies violin. She's a vegetarian. He loves meat. Many things separate them, but he moves into her apartment.

Actors

Óscar Ladoire
Óscar Ladoire
Matías
Paula Molina
Paula Molina
Violeta
Antonio Resines
Antonio Resines
León
Luis González Regueral
Luis González Regueral
Nicky
Kiti Mánver
Kiti Mánver
Ana
Alejandro Serna
Alejandro Serna
Nicolás
Marisa Paredes
Marisa Paredes
Zoila Gómez
Tony Valento
Tony Valento
Hombre supermercado
El Gran Wyoming
El Gran Wyoming
Macarra
David Thomson
David Thomson
Warren Belch

Crews

Fernando Trueba
Fernando Trueba
Director
Fernando Trueba
Fernando Trueba
Screenplay
Óscar Ladoire
Óscar Ladoire
Screenplay
Miguel Ángel Bermejo
Miguel Ángel Bermejo
Production Manager
Fernando Colomo
Fernando Colomo
Producer
Manolo Matji
Manolo Matji
Producer
Ángel Luis Fernández
Ángel Luis Fernández
Director of Photography
Fernando Ember
Fernando Ember
Original Music Composer
Fernando Colomo
Fernando Colomo
Art Direction
Miguel Ángel Santamaría
Miguel Ángel Santamaría
Editor
Pierre Gamet
Pierre Gamet
Sound Designer
Bernard Chaumeil
Bernard Chaumeil
Boom Operator
Jesús Escalante
Jesús Escalante
Sound mixer

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