Francesc Betriu was a

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filmmaker. He was born in the town of

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, Lleida in 1940. ''Corazón solitario'' marked his feature film debut in 1973, a film that is now rarely seen. This was followed by films such as ''Furia española'' (1974) and ''Los fieles sirvientes'' (1980). One of his best-known works is ''La plaça del Diamant'' (1982), an adaptation of a novel by

Mercè Rodoreda Mercè Rodoreda i Gurguí (; 10 October 1908 – 13 April 1983) was a Catalan novelist. She is considered the most influential contemporary Catalan language writer, as evidenced by the references of other authors in her work and the internation ...

. He then adapted Ramón J. Sender's novel ''Réquiem por un campesino español (1985)'' (nominated for the Golden Lion at the

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival h ...

) and Raul Nunez's novel ''Sinatra'' (1988) for the screen. He also brought

Juan Marsé Juan Marsé Carbó (8 January 1933 – 18 July 2020) was a Spanish novelist, journalist, and screenwriter who used Spanish as his literary language. In 2008, he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, "the Spanish-language equivalent" to the Nobel ...

's play ''Un día volveré'' (1993) to television. He died in 2020.

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