The Love of Captain Brando (1974) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1974 · 92 mins · Spanish

Directed by

Jaime de Armiñán

Starring

Julieta Serrano, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Ana Belén, Antonio Ferrandis, Eduardo Calvo, Chus Lampreave

During the final years of Franco’s dictatorship, Fernando, an aging republican exile, returns to the modest Castilian village of his birth. There he forms a quiet friendship with Aurora, a young, attractive teacher who has recently arrived, sparking reflections on memory, identity and the lingering shadows of the past.