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The Curious Impertinent
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Wikipedia article
'The Curious Impertinent' (Spanish: 'El curioso impertinente') is a 1953 Spanish historical film directed by Flavio Calzavara and starring Aurora Bautista, Jos Mara Seoane and Roberto Rey.Klossner p.90 It is based on a noteworthy story from 'Don Quixote' by Miguel de Cervantes, extracted from his famous exemplary novels (novelas ejemplares).
Plot
The film's plot turns around the story between two friends called Lothario (britanized from Lotario) and Anselmo, and the latter's wife, Camila. Anselmo, preyed by an impertinent curiosity, asks Lotario to flirt with Camila, to prove her loyalty.
At first, Camila spurns outraged the pretensions of Lotario, and Anselmo remains content about his wife's loyalty, but then convinces Lotario to keep flirting with her. Lotario and Camila finally become lovers, whereas Anselmo remains content about the loyalty of both his friend and wife, not knowing about the love affair which they maintain in secret.
An unforeseeable circumstance reveals the truth, so Camila ends up running away from the house, and Anselmo dies writing the cause of his mourning.
Cast
* Valeriano Andrs
* Ricardo B. Arvalo
* Aurora Bautista
* Eduardo Fajardo
* Manuel Kayser
* Encarna Paso
* Miguel Pastor
* Roberto Rey
* Carlos Rufart
* Jos Mara Seoane
* Eugenia Vera
* Rosita Yarza
References
Bibliography
* Klossner, Michael. 'The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000'. McFarland & Company, 2002.
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