Stress Is Three

Stress is Three
Spanish promotional poster
Directed by	Carlos Saura
Written by	Angelino Fons Carlos Saura
Produced by	Elías Querejeta
Starring	Geraldine Chaplin Juan Luis Galiardo Fernando Cebrián
Cinematography	Luis Cuadrado
Edited by	Pablo González del Amo
Music by	Jaime Pérez
Running time	94 min
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Stress Is Three (Original title: Stress-es tres-tres) is a 1968 Spanish drama film directed by Carlos Saura. The film stars Geraldine Chaplin and Fernando Cebrián as a troubled married couple. Their marital problems are partially a consequence of Spain's rapidly modernizing consumer society. Saura explains that his film is "the study of the crisis in a seemingly developed society, the crisis of the modern Spaniard who, underneath the new veneer, is still a medieval man, who still has working within him the old taboos and moral repressions from his religious past." The film is experimental in nature, whereby Saura moved away from several of the formulas of his previous two films, Peppermint Frappé and La caza. Saura noted, "At the root of it I had the sense that in Peppermint Frappé I was very constrained by story and I wanted to unbind myself. So, I made Stress Is Three, Three as a kind of liberation."

Plot

Set in one-day, three people embark together on a car trip from Madrid to Almeria. Antonio (Cebrián) is a successful industrialist, however he is dismayed that his personal life does not reflect his glittering career. He is insecure about his faltering marriage to Teresa (Chaplin), whom he believes is having an affair with his best friend, Antonio (Galiardo).

Cast

• Geraldine Chaplin as Teresa
• Juan Luis Galiardo as Antonio
• Fernando Cebrián as Fernando
• Porfiria Sanchíz as Tía
• Fernando Sánchez Polack as Guarda
• Humberto Sempere as Niño
• Charo Soriano

External links

• Stress Is Three at IMDb