Ninette is a 2005 Spanish romantic comedy-drama film directed by José Luis Garci. It is based on the plays Ninette y un señor de Murcia and Ninette, modas de París by Miguel Mihura.
The film had 7 Goya Award nominations and one win.
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Plot
Ninette Sánchez is an intelligent, sexy, charming and spontaneous Parisian girl, daughter of Spanish republican exiles, working in the Galeries Lafayette. Her ingenuousness and beauty charm Andrés, a humble Spanish vendor of religious items from Murcia, who is staying with her family after he came to Paris to meet "easy" French women. Andrés falls for her many charms. Unfortunately, Ninette's parents, Pierre and Bernarda, do not take the news well when Ninette announces that she is pregnant.
Cast
Carlos Hipólito as Andrés
Elsa Pataky as Alejandra 'Ninette'
Enrique Villén as Armando
Beatriz Carvajal as Madame Bernarda
Fernando Delgado as Monsieur Pierre
Mar Regueras as Maruja
Miguel Rellán as Don Roque
Javivi as Vecino de Ninette / Director del hotel
Carlos Iglesias as Jugador de mus
Eduardo Gómez as Jugador de mus
Jorge Roelas as Jugador de mus
Luis José Ventin as (billed as Luis Ventín)
María Elena Flores as Melchora
DVD release
Ninette is available in Region 2 DVD in Spanish with English subtitles.
Screenings
The film was screened in Madrid in 2024 in a retrospective of Garci's work.