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El Nido (1980)

Name: El Nido
Rating: 3.8

3.8 of 5 from 45 ratings

1h 37min

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In a small village near Salamanca, Alejandro (Héctor Alterio), a rich 60 years old widower falls in love with Goyita (Ana Torrent), a 13 year old girl who lives in a modern but rustic country house. Alejandro lives a purposeless life filled by a computer chess, horseback riding, and an elaborate stereo system to which he conducts to the sounds of Haydn's Creation. His wife died several years earlier and they did not have children. Their meeting is well planned by Goyita, who pelts Alejandro with bird's eggs while they are in the woods one day-both have a fondness for identifying birds and hunting for bird's nests.
He subsequently identifies her as the young student playing Lady Macbeth in the local village play. Because this serious, mature and reflective teenager is just as alone as Alejandro when they met, she insinuates herself into his life and a strange, overpowering relationship develops between them, at first platonic but later with covert sexual overtones. The older man acts much like a child and later forbids Goyita to see him. Goyita, the daughter of a civil Guardsman, makes more elaborate demands upon Alejandro. He balks at first, then complies, burning his wife’s clothes at her insistence. Finally they swear an oath of allegiance and love in blood. She asks Alejandro to avenge her father for the local civil Guard sergeant, her father's superior officer who set free her pet hawk....
Actors:: Héctor Alterio, Ana Torrent, Luis Politti, Agustín González, Patricia Adriani, María Luisa Ponte, Mercedes Alonso, Luisa Rodrigo, Amparo Baró, Ovidi Montllor, Mauricio Calvo, Arantza, Bernabé, Carmen, Catalina, Fermín, Jacobo, Jaime, Juan, Quino
Directors:: Jaime de Armiñán
Writers:: Jaime de Armiñán
Aka:: The Nest
Genres:: Drama
Countries:: Spain