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Merry-Go-Round c. 1950 is a film of genre Drama directed by José Luis Garci with María Adánez
Merry-Go-Round c. 1950 (2004)
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Add to a movie listTiovivo c. 1950 is a 2004 Spanish film directed by José Luis Garci and starring Elsa Pataky, María Adánez and Carlos Hipólito.
The film was nominated for six Goya Awards in 2005, and won the award for Best Production Design.
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Set in Madrid in the years after the Second World War, the film offers a nostalgic vision of a city managing to sustain entertainment, hope and love in the face of post-war hardship.Actors
María Adánez
(Catalana)
Elsa Pataky
(Balbina)
Francisco Algora
(Povedano)
María Asquerino
(Doña Justa)
Fernando Fernán Gómez
(Tertuliano)
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