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| El abuelo | |
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| Directed by | José Luis Garci |
| Written by | José Luis Garci Horacio Valcárcel |
| Produced by | José Luis Garci |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Raúl Pérez Cubero |
| Edited by | Miguel González Sinde |
| Music by | Manuel Balboa |
| Distributed by | Columbia TriStar Films de España |
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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.