The Love of Captain Brando
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jaime de Armiñán
Written by	Jaime de Armiñán Juan Tébar
Starring	Ana Belén Fernando Fernán Gómez Jaime Gamboa
Cinematography	Luis Cuadrado
Edited by	José Luis Matesanz
Music by	José Nieto
Distributed by	Incine[1]
Release date	21 June 1974 (1974-06-21) [1]
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish
Box office	141.3 million pesetas[1]

The Love of Captain Brando (Spanish: El amor del capitán Brando) is a 1974 Spanish drama film written and directed by Jaime de Armiñán, starring Ana Belén, Fernando Fernán Gómez, and Jaime Gamboa. It was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival.^[2] The film was a critical and commercial success and was one of the highest-grossing Spanish films at the time.^[3]

Plot

The film follows the relationship of Aurora, a young school teacher, with two men of opposite generations who fall in love with her: Fernando, a middle age republican exile, and Juan, a thirteen-year-old boy who enjoys playing acting in Westerns, and his imitation of Marlon Brando gives the film its title.

Cast

• Ana Belén as Aurora
• Fernando Fernán Gómez as Fernando
• Jaime Gamboa as Juan
• Antonio Ferrandis as The major
• Amparo Soler Leal as Amparo, Juan mother
• Verónica Llimera as Kety, Juan aunt
• Chus Lampreave as Doña Concha, the major wife
• Julieta Serrano as Maria Rosa
• Fernando Marín as Panta
• Pilar Muñoz as Sebas
• Eduardo Calvo as the major secretary
• Julia Lorente as Visitación
• Aurora Marquez as Alicia

Production

It was shot in Pedraza, a medieval village in the province of Segovia, renamed Trescabañas in the film.^[3]

Reception

By the end of 1975, the film had grossed 122.4 million, which made it the second highest-grossing Spanish film of all time behind Furtivos, released in September 1975, with 130 million.^[4] By 1988, the film had grossed 141.3 million pesetas.^[1]