Ninette (film)

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Ninette
Film poster
Directed by	José Luis Garci
Written by	Álvaro del Amo Vicente Aranda
Produced by	José Luis Garci
Starring	Elsa Pataky Carlos Hipólito Enrique Villén Beatriz Carvajal
Cinematography	Raúl Pérez Cubero
Edited by	Miguel González Sinde
Music by	Pablo Cervantes
Release date	12 August 2005 (2005-08-12) (Spain)
Running time	118 minutes
Language	Spanish

Ninette is a Spanish comedy film directed by José Luis Garci. Released in 2005, it is based on the plays Ninette y un señor de Murcia and Ninette, modas de París by Miguel Mihura.

Plot

Ninette Sánchez (Elsa Pataky) is an intelligent, sexy, charming and spontaneous Parisian girl, daughter of Spanish republican exiles, working in the Galeries Lafayette. Her ingenuousness and beauty charms Andrés (Carlos Hipólito), a humble Spanish vendor of religious items from Murcia, who is staying with her family after he came to Paris to meet "easy" French women. Andrés falls for her many charms. Unfortunately, Ninette's parents, Armando (Enrique Villén) and Bernarda (Beatriz Carvajal) do not take the news well when Ninette announces that she is pregnant.

Cast

• Carlos Hipólito as Andrés
• Elsa Pataky as Alejandra 'Ninette'
• Enrique Villén as Armando
• Beatriz Carvajal as Madame Bernarda
• Fernando Delgado as Monsieur Pierre
• Mar Regueras as Maruja
• Miguel Rellán as Don Roque
• Javivi as Vecino de Ninette / Director del hotel
• Carlos Iglesias as Jugador de mus
• Eduardo Gómez as Jugador de mus
• Jorge Roelas as Jugador de mus
• Luis José Ventin as (billed as Luis Ventín)
• María Elena Flores as Melchora

DVD release

Ninette is available in Region 2 DVD in Spanish with English subtitles.

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2005

External links

• Ninette at IMDb