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¡Ay, Carmela! is a 1990 Spanish comedy-drama film directed by Carlos Saura and based on the eponymous play by José Sanchís Sinisterra.The film stars Carmen Maura, Andrés Pajares, and Gabino Diego as travelling players performing for the Republic, who inadvertently find themselves on the nationalist side during the closing months of the Spanish Civil War.
"¡Ay Carmela!" is one of the most famous songs of the Spanish Republican troops during the Spanish Civil War. [ 1 ] It had originally been a nineteenth century folk song, El Paso del Ebro , commemorating the routing of Napoleonic troops across the river Ebro in 1807, during the War of Independence .
¡Ay, Carmela! is a play by José Sanchis Sinisterra, set in the opening months of the Spanish Civil War, which premiered 5 November 1987 in Zaragoza under José Luis Gómez, who also played Paulino. Heavily allegorical, it tells the story of travelling players, Carmela and Paulino, who blunder into the wrong place at the wrong time.
5th Goya Awards; Date: February 16, 1991: Site: Palacio de Congresos de Madrid: Hosted by: Lydia Bosch and Jorge Sanz: Highlights; Best Film ¡Ay, Carmela! Best Actor: Andrés Pajares
José Sanchis Sinisterra. José Sanchis Sinisterra (born June 28, 1940) is a Spanish playwright and theatre director. He was born in Valencia.He is best known, outside of Spain, for his award-winning play, ¡Ay Carmela!.
Carlos Saura Atarés (4 January 1932 – 10 February 2023) was a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. With Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be among Spain's great filmmakers.
¡Ay Carmela!, also known as El Paso del Ebro, - Republican song Eusko Gudariak ("Basque Soldiers") - anthem of the Basque Autonomous Army; Los cuatro generales, also known as El Puente de los Franceses, based on Los cuatro muleros by Federico García Lorca with lyrics by Ernst Busch [1]
Gabino Diego Solís (born 18 September 1966) is a Spanish actor. He was a regular face in 1990s Spanish cinema, [1] [2] featuring in titles such as ¡Ay, Carmela! (1990), The Dumbfounded King (1991), Belle époque (1992), The Worst Years of Our Lives (1994), and A Time for Defiance (1998).