The First Night of My Life

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The First Night of My Life
SpanishLa primera noche de mi vida
Directed by Miguel Albaladejo
Screenplay by
Produced byMariel Guiot
Starring
CinematographyAlfonso Sanz Alduán
Edited byÁngel Hernández Zoido
Music by Lucio Godoy
Production
companies
Distributed byLolafilms
Release date
  • 19 June 1998 (1998-06-19)(Spain)
Running time
1h 22min
Countries
  • Spain
  • France
LanguageSpanish

The First Night of My Life (Spanish: La primera noche de mi vida) is a 1998 Spanish-French comedy film directed by Miguel Albaladejo. [1]

Contents

Cast

Production

The film was developed as a part of the 2000, Seen By... project, [4] initiated by the French company Haut et Court to produce films depicting the approaching turn of the millennium seen from the perspectives of 10 different countries. [5]

Release

Distributed by Lolafilms, [1] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 19 June 1998. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Holland, Jonathan (29 June 1998). "The First Night of My Life". Variety . Retrieved 2017-02-26.
  2. Benavent, Francisco María (2000). Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático. Bilbao: Ediciones Mensajero. p. 477. ISBN   84-271-2326-4.
  3. 1 2 Benavent 2000, p. 477.
  4. Creutz, Norbert (4 December 1998). "Dix cinéastes de quatre continents imaginent le jour de l'an 2000". Le Temps .
  5. Yoram Allon, Del Cullen, Hannah Patterson, Contemporary North American Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide, Wallflower Press, 2002, p. 367.