The Grandfather (1998 film)

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El abuelo
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	José Luis Garci
Written by	José Luis Garci Horacio Valcárcel
Produced by	José Luis Garci
Starring	Fernando Fernán-Gómez Rafael Alonso Cayetana Guillén Cuervo Agustín González
Cinematography	Raúl Pérez Cubero
Edited by	Miguel González Sinde
Music by	Manuel Balboa
Distributed by	Columbia TriStar Films de España
Release date	30 October 1998 (1998-10-30)
Running time	151 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

The Grandfather (Spanish: El abuelo) is a 1998 Spanish drama film written, produced and directed by José Luis Garci. It stars Fernando Fernán-Gómez, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo and Rafael Alonso. The film, an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Benito Pérez Galdós, tells the story of an aristocrat's search to discover which of his two putative granddaughters resulted from an extramarital affair by his daughter-in-law.

The film was an Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards.