Ninette (film)

Ninette
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; (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.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

The film had 7 Goya Award nominations and one win.^[6]

Plot

Ninette Sánchez 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, 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 and Bernarda 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.

Screenings

The film was screened in Madrid in 2024 in a retrospective of Garci's work.^[7]

References

^ Herrero, Luis (2024-06-27). ""Ninette"". esRadio (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-03-09.
^ "José Luis Garci desvela en Málaga los primeros detalles de «Ninette», su película homenaje a Miguel Mihura". Diario ABC (in Spanish). 2005-04-26. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
^ "Garci homenajea a Mihura con su versión de ´Ninette´". El Periódico Extremadura (in Spanish). 2005-08-10. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
^ "Garci celebra el centenario de Mihura con una nueva versión de 'Ninette'". El País (in Spanish). 2005-08-09. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
^ EFE (2005-08-09). "Garci convierte a Elsa Pataky en la sensual 'Ninette' de Mihura". Canarias7 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-03-09.
^ https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/ninette/
^ "Filmografía selecta y coloquios sobre José Luis Garci en un ciclo retrospectivo de su obra - Ayuntamiento de Madrid". www.madrid.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-03-09.

External links

Ninette at IMDb

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[1] Herrero, Luis (2024-06-27). ""Ninette"". esRadio (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-03-09.

[2] "José Luis Garci desvela en Málaga los primeros detalles de «Ninette», su película homenaje a Miguel Mihura". Diario ABC (in Spanish). 2005-04-26. Retrieved 2025-03-09.

[3] "Garci homenajea a Mihura con su versión de ´Ninette´". El Periódico Extremadura (in Spanish). 2005-08-10. Retrieved 2025-03-09.

[4] "Garci celebra el centenario de Mihura con una nueva versión de 'Ninette'". El País (in Spanish). 2005-08-09. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2025-03-09.

[5] EFE (2005-08-09). "Garci convierte a Elsa Pataky en la sensual 'Ninette' de Mihura". Canarias7 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-03-09.

[6] ttps://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/ninette/

[7] "Filmografía selecta y coloquios sobre José Luis Garci en un ciclo retrospectivo de su obra - Ayuntamiento de Madrid". www.madrid.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-03-09.

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