The Little Nightingale (1957)
Genre : Music, Drama, Family
Runtime : 1H 38M
Director : Antonio del Amo
Writer : Antonio Guzmán Merino
Synopsis
Joselito is a child whose mother left town when he was just a baby and whose father has died. He lives with his grandfather, the bellringer of the town, and his best friend is the sexton. He enjoys singing and has not lost hope of someday meeting her mother.
Antonio and Rafael Lorca, two brothers with very different characters. Antonio returned to his farm after having made a career as a singer in Latin America. Meanwhile, all these years has been to Rafael parental care and its fields and farms. When he returned to Spain Antonio realizes that Rafael is preparing his wedding with Carmen, the woman with whom he had always been in love.
The film tells of a young woman travels to Malaga to Barcelona to meet and live with his grandfather, a poor blind man selling matches in the Catalan city harbor. The young man with his panache and salt shines in the port environment dominated many young rogue like Martin, who falls in love with her, and love her is closing the doors opened she seeks to earn some money and try be famous in the art of singing.
Carmela, the daughter of Juan Simon, falls in love for an actor who shoots a movie in town and make promises that actress. However, Carmela, in Madrid, just for engaging in life easy. The godson of Juan Simon, Antonio, is presented and win a radio contest with the magic of her voice.
Singing in the streets of Cordoba, Antonio Reyes known in the Plaza del Cristo de los Faroles a beautiful Andalusian girl, Soledad, which seeks to conquer the boy to show his friends that no woman can resist. There are several times that the singer tries, but ignores her loneliness despite the tricks he uses to conquer, Soledad is not influenced by the actions of Antonio.
Carlos, a widower in his forties, lives with his daughter Lolita and his sister Merche. He is a candidate to Spanish Court's Proctor, so frequently travels outside Madrid. During one of those trips, he is forced to return at home precipitously, because his sister informed him that Lolita has left the house to live with some friends.
It is the story of two brothers who have rented a boat to survive. Juan Ramón sings like an angel and an entrepreneur decides to take him to Madrid to succeed.
A young miner, married to a lovely woman crippled, lives happily proving to have a wonderful singing voice while hauling trucks in the mine. One day, to hear a clever promoter, gets its hands on an interesting contract to sing in the most cosmopolitan nightclubs, waking him good prospects for a revenue amazement while he meets another woman who might get put endanger their marriage.
Manolo is the trusted servant of a famous tenor, Riccardi, an international opera singer. Although his life is overshadowed by the fame of his master, one day his luck changes. In a short time, two unusual events occur: he falls in love and an eccentric inventor offers him the deal of a lifetime...
Sergio, a film heartthrob in the decline of his career, agrees to spend 24 hours with the winner of a radio contest. The fate of the prize lies with Tina, a girl from the small town of Algarrobo of Mijares, a fervent admirer of the actor.
Soledad enters a women reformatory led by modest nuns who look constantly for the welfare of their girls. These include the Sister Consolación, a humorous and cheerful nun who uses a little disconcerting methods to teach but very useful for the girls, to try to forget their past and prepare for a better future. Soledad takes confidence quickly and said she hopes a son of Fernando, a womanizing Andalusian young gentleman very attractive, which coincidentally, the Sister knows.
The Piyayo offers a calm and friendly reflection on the Providence by the streets of Malaga. He is a gypsy lover of tradition, rich in grace and with a spirit that exudes honesty. He lives offering company to all who listen to him through the city. And so the character touches for the quality and nobility of his feeling, while his conversations, in every corner of Malaga, remember everyone to have faith in Divine Providence, showing a practical lesson on the subject.