Directed by:
Sergio G. MondeloCast:
Ava Gardner (a.f.), Antoine Sire, Silvia Marsó, Anna Mouglalis, Mickey Rooney (a.f.), Frank Sinatra (a.f.)Plots(1)
Follow superstar Ava Gardner’s rise and fall. At the height of her glory in 1954 she had a tumultuous love life and a string of legendary movies behind her. But when she turned 28 she left the glitz and glamor to move to Madrid, a poor and repressed country in the iron vice of dictatorship. It was a clash between the freedom embodied by the Hollywood diva and the Fascist oppression of General Franco’s regime, between the technicolor glamor and the black-and-white reality of an impoverished and backward Spain. Fourteen years of life there, of parties, booze, romance, and alegria. The film sets out to probe the psychological and emotional quirks of this star who chose exile in the worst of places at the worst of times. Her life, her career, and her loves would be changed forever. (Arte)
(more)Cast
Ava Gardner (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
The Long Hot Summer (1985) (TV movie)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Antoine Sire
Best movies:
A Man and a Woman (1966)
The Best Years of a Life (2019)
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986)
Silvia Marsó
Spain
Best movies:
Gran Hotel (2011) (series)
Love and Other Curiosities (2001)
Ángeles S.A. (2007)
Anna Mouglalis
France
Best movies:
Happening (2021)
Romanzo Criminale (2005)
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)
Mickey Rooney (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Captains Courageous (1937)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Frank Sinatra (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
From Here to Eternity (1953)