Ninette (film)

2005 film

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.[1][2][3][4][5]

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

## Plot

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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 charm 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, Pierre and Bernarda, do not take the news well when Ninette announces that she is pregnant.

## Cast

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* 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

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

## Screenings

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

## References

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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. ^ https://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.

## See also

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* List of Spanish films of 2005

## External links

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* Ninette at IMDb

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Films directed by José Luis Garci

* Unfinished Business (1977)
* Solos en la madrugada (1978)
* Las verdes praderas (1979)
* El Crack (1981)
* Begin the Beguine (1982)
* El Crack II (1983)
* Sesión continua (1984)
* Course Completed (1987)
* Cradle Song (1994)
* La herida luminosa (1997)
* The Grandfather (1998)
* You're the One (2000)
* Story of a Kiss (2002)
* Tiovivo c. 1950 (2004)
* Ninette (2005)
* Sunday Light (2007)
* Blood in May (2008)
* Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days (2012)
* El Crack Cero (2019)

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