Marc Recha (born 18 October 1970) is a Catalan Spanish
film director and
screenwriter. He has directed 18 films (9 shorts and 9 feature films) since
1988
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. He mostly films his films in Catalan Language but also in French and Spanish. His film ''
Pau i el seu germà'' was entered into the
2001 Cannes Film Festival
The 54th Cannes Film Festival started on 14 May and ran until 20 May 2001. Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or went to the Italian film ''The Son's Room'' by Nanni Moretti.
The festival opened with '' ...
.
Filmography
Full-length Films
* 1991 - ''
El cielo sube'' (Heaven Rises)
* 1998 - ''
L'arbre de les cireres'' (The Cherry Tree)
* 2001 - ''
Pau i el seu germà'' (Pau and His Brother)
* 2003 - ''
Les mains vides / Les mans buides'' (Where is Madame Catherine?, or Empty-Handed)
* 2006 - ''
Dies d'agost'' (August Days)
* 2009 - ''
Petit indi'' ('Petit indi' - the director does not translate it, though literally, it's "Little Indian")
* 2014 - ''
Bridges of Sarajevo
''Bridges of Sarajevo'' (french: Les Ponts de Sarajevo) is a 2014 anthology film exploring Sarajevo present and past, directed by thirteen different directors. It was shown in the Special Screenings section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
Cre ...
'' (Recha participates in this documentary anthology film together with 12 other directors)
* 2015 - ''
Un dia perfecte per volar'' (A Perfect Day for Flying)
* 2017 - ''
La vida lliure'' (Free life)
Shorts
* 1988 - ''El darrer instant'' (The Last Instant)
* 1990 - ''El zelador'' (The Guard)
* 1990 - ''La por d'abocar-se'' (The Fear of Falling)
* 1990 - ''Tout à la française'' (Everything French-Style)
* 1992 - ''La maglana''
* 1994 - ''És tard'' (It's Late)
* 1998 - ''L'escampavies'' (The Coast Guard)
* 2001 - ''Sobre el pas de dues persones uns quants anys més tard'' (On the Passage of Two People Several Years Later)
* 2007 - ''Coses vistes'' (Things Seen)
References
External links
*
Parallamps Recha's production company, with info about his films (in Catalan, Spanish, French and English)
1970 births
Living people
Film directors from Catalonia
Spanish male screenwriters
Film directors from Barcelona
21st-century Spanish screenwriters
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