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Grandma (1979 film)

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Wikipedia article




'Grandma' is a 1979 Argentine comedy drama film directed by Hctor Olivera and starring Pepe Soriano, Juan Carlos Altavista and Osvaldo Terranova.

Synopsis



A poor Argentine family of Italian origin lives with their grandmother Carmen, known by all as "La nona" (grandma in Italian). Despite her advanced age, La nona eats nonstop, while the family struggles with the bills and to feed her at the same time. La nona brings the family to the edge of ruin, whose members begins to look for the most diverse ways to earn money and eventually get rid of the old woman.

Cast



* Pepe Soriano as Carmen Racazzi, la Nona

* Juan Carlos Altavista as Chicho Spadone

* Osvaldo Terranova as Carmelo Spadone

* Eva Franco as Anyula Spadone

* Nya Quesada as Mara Spadone

* Graciela Alfano as Marta "Martita" Spadone

* Guillermo Battaglia as Don Francisco

* Nelly Tesoln as Severe Nun

* Oscar Nuez as Luque

* Pedro Martnez as Vicente

* Vicente La Russa as Poroto

* Amanda Beitia as Friendly Nun

* Aldo Bigatti as Candy store owner

* Tacholas as Old man in asylum

* Horacio O'Connor as Anthropologist

* Coco Fossati as Street vendor

* Marta Roldn as Mother Superior

* Max Berliner as Old man 2

* Cayetano Biondo as Old man 3

* Roberto Dairiens as Grocer

* Emilio Vidal as Baker

* Tony Middleton as Doctor

* Alfredo Quesada as Radiologist

* Gustavo Segal as Fishmonger

* Anita Bobazo as Old lady 1

* Remedios Climent as Old lady 2

* Pablo Npoli as Police officer

* Hctor Ugazio as Old man 4

* Horacio Guisado as Ophthalmologist

* Walter Korwell as Doorman at the Museum

* Raquel Oquendo as Old lady 3

* Aurora Peris as Old lady 4

* Miguel Angel Martinez as Cook at the asylum

* Mario Kohut as Old man 5

* Fernando Ayala as Justice of the peace

* Eduardo Santibanez as Fishmonger 2

* Roberto Tarsitani as Pimp

BBC Version



A made for TV version was produced in 1991 for the BBC Network, starring comic Les Dawson, as part of the 'Performance' series.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090117233358/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/464437 BFI.org]

BBC Cast

* Les Dawson

* Liz Smith

* Jim Broadbent

* Timothy Spall

* Sue Brown

* Jane Horrocks

* Maurice Denham

References




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