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Cinema Of Catalonia
The cinema of Catalonia encompasses film productions produced and acted preferably by people from Catalonia. It is a subset of Spanish cinema and includes movies both in Catalan and Spanish. The Catalan Academy of Cinema was created to recognize and support Catalan productions, and annually commemorates the best films with the Gaudí Awards. History In the first 30 years of the 20th century a number of Catalan films were made; in 1931 the Catalan government, the Generalitat, was restored and in 1932 it set up a film committee which encouraged the making of the first Catalan feature films, in Barcelona and Valencia. In the early 1930s Barcelona had four large film studios and the film industry flourished in the city. After the war had ended the Nationalist government had a policy of centralisation and the suppression of regional nationalism which existed in Catalonia and in the Basque country. Film making continued in Barcelona but began to decline. As public use of the Catalan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Els Nens Salvatges
''The Wild Ones'' (; ) is a 2012 Spanish drama film directed by Patricia Ferreira. The film premiered at the 2012 Málaga Film Festival where it won Best Picture. The film was nominated for three Goya Awards (Best New Actor, Best New Actress and Best Original Song). Plot Álex, Gabi and Oki, three teenagers who live in a big city, are completely unknown for their parents, for their teachers and for themselves. Their emotional isolation, taken to the limit have unexpected and dire consequences that will shake the society. Cast * Marina Comas - Oki * Àlex Monner - Àlex * Albert Baró - Gabi * Aina Clotet - Júlia * Ana Fernández - Rosa * José Luis García Pérez - Luis * Montse Germán - Elisa * Francesc Orella - Àngel * - Raquel * Clara Segura Clara Segura Crespo (born 6 May 1974) is a Catalan actress and theatre director. She is a prolific performer in the Catalan stage scene. Life and career Clara Segura Crespo was born in Sant Just Desvern on 6 May 1974. Despi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of Catalonia
The cinema of Catalonia encompasses film productions produced and acted preferably by people from Catalonia. It is a subset of Spanish cinema and includes movies both in Catalan and Spanish. The Catalan Academy of Cinema was created to recognize and support Catalan productions, and annually commemorates the best films with the Gaudí Awards. History In the first 30 years of the 20th century a number of Catalan films were made; in 1931 the Catalan government, the Generalitat, was restored and in 1932 it set up a film committee which encouraged the making of the first Catalan feature films, in Barcelona and Valencia. In the early 1930s Barcelona had four large film studios and the film industry flourished in the city. After the war had ended the Nationalist government had a policy of centralisation and the suppression of regional nationalism which existed in Catalonia and in the Basque country. Film making continued in Barcelona but began to decline. As public use of the Catalan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona School Of Film
The Barcelona School of Film (Catalan: Escola de Barcelona, Spanish: Escuela de Barcelona) was a group of Catalan filmmakers or a movement of cinematic innovation beginning in the 1960s concerned with the disruption of daily life by the unexpected, whose stylistic affinities lie with the pop art movement of the same years. It was modern, experimental, intellectual and against the Franco regime. Overview Their aim was to move away from the social realist films that had become associated with the New Spanish Cinema. They took cues from the French New Wave. The main representatives of the Barcelona School were Jacinto Esteva, Joaquim Jordà, considered the ideologist behind the group, Carles Duran and Ricard Bofill Levi. Other filmmakers are also associated with the group at different points: the Portuguese director José María Nunes, the Asturian Gonzalo Suárez, the Valencian Llorenç Soler and the Catalans Vicente Aranda, Pere Portabella, Jordi Grau and Jaime Camino. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balseros (film)
''Balseros'' () is a 2002 Catalan documentary co-directed by and Josep Maria Domènech about Cubans leaving during the Período Especial. As a consequence of the widespread poverty that came with the end of economic support from the former USSR, 37,191 Cubans left Cuba in 1994, unimpeded by the Cuban government, using anything they could find or build to get to Florida in the United States. Most left with improvised rafts, which were often not seaworthy, and some even hijacked a ferry. The documentary consists largely of interviews with the rafters ("Balseros"), over the course of seven years the lives of seven of those refugees, from the building of their rafts to their attempts at building new lives in the United States, giving insight into daily life in Cuba and the US in those days. The documentary is 2 hours long. The first half is filmed in Cuba, with in the end some scenes of the rafters' months long detention in Guantanamo Bay, where lotteries were used to decide who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pàtria (2017 Film)
''Pàtria'' (English "Fatherland") is a 2017 Catalan-language Spanish historical drama film directed by Joan Frank Charansonnet, starring Miquel Sitjar. It is based on the legend of the Catalan national hero Otger Cataló as recounted by Pere Tomich. The plot, set in 8th-century Catalonia, follows the story of Otger as he resists the moorish invaders who have occupied Catalonia. The film was filmed on a very low budget but was awarded Best International Feature Film at the Nice International Film Festival. The film has a strong Catalan nationalist subtext and has been criticised for its negative depiction of the Moors in Spain. Plot The film opens in the 15th century, when Climent de Vallcebre, an elderly noble, arrives at the Catalan Monastery of San Llorens. Climent intends to end his days at the monastery, in the company of his friend Abbot Ponç. While at the monastery Climent recounts the deeds of the 8th century warrior Otger Cataló to a young monk named Pere Tomich, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer 1993
''Summer 1993'' () is a 2017 Catalan language, Catalan-language Spanish Drama (film and television), drama film directed and written by Carla Simón. The film premiered in the Generation section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the GWFF (Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Film- und Fernsehrechten) Best First Feature Award. The movie centers around a six year old girl named Frida who is sent to live with her aunt, uncle and cousin during the summer of 1993. It was chosen as the Spanish entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but in the end it was not nominated for an award. Summary The film follows Frida (Laia Artigas), a six year old girl who must leave her home in Barcelona following the death of her mother. Frida moves to the Catalonia, Catalan countryside with her aunt Marga (Bruna Cusí), her uncle Esteve (David Verdaguer), and their three year old daughter, Anna (Paula Robles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Story Of My Death
''Story of My Death'' () is a film directed by Albert Serra. It won the Golden Leopard at the 2013 Locarno International Film Festival. The film is about an aging Casanova and his encounter with Count Dracula. The title resembles that of Casanova’s autobiography, ''Histoire de ma vie'' (“Story of my Life”). Plot As a mature libertine Marquis, Casanova, famous for his spectacular sexual conquests, arrives accompanied by his servant, in a peasant village within a thick forests. There within a strange and erotic atmosphere, Casanova encounters the mysterious Count Dracula. Reception The film won the Golden Leopard at the 2013 Locarno International Film Festival. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 75% based on 12 reviews, and an average rating of 8.8/10. On Metacritic Metacritic is an American website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books. For each product, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Bread
Rye bread is a type of bread made with various proportions of flour from rye grain. It can be light or dark in color, depending on the type of flour used and the addition of coloring agents, and is typically denser than bread made from wheat flour. Compared to white bread, it is higher in fiber, darker in color, and stronger in flavor. The world's largest exporter of rye bread is Poland. Rye bread was considered a staple through the Middle Ages. Many different types of rye grain have come from north-central, western, and eastern European countries such as Iceland, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and the Czech Republic, and it is also a specialty in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Archaeobotanical discoveries in Britain and Ireland show it was in use in both areas since at least the early Iron Age, although evidence of sustained intentional cultivation, espe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tit And The Moon
''The Tit and the Moon'' () is a 1994 Spanish/ French film, directed by Bigas Luna. It entered the competition at the 51st Venice International Film Festival.Edoardo Pittalis, Roberto Pugliese, ''Bella di Notte'', August 1996. Plot The film is about a nine-year-old boy's obsession with women's breasts. Tete becomes jealous of his baby brother who is breast fed by their mother. Tete goes on a personal mission to find the perfect pair of lactating breasts to feed on. Estrellita, a beautiful French dancer (Mathilda May), arrives in town, the answer to Tete's prayers. Unfortunately for Tete, Estrellita is the attention of many adult men's affections including her husband Maurice (Gérard Darmon), an older man working as the other half of her travelling act, and attractive Flamenco-singing teenager Miguel ( Miguel Poveda). With this amount of competition will Tete ever fulfil his wish? Cast * Biel Durán as Tete * Mathilda May as Estrellita * Gérard Darmon as Maurice * Miguel Poveda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sea (2000 Film)
''The Sea'' () is a 2000 Spanish drama film directed by Agustí Villaronga, starring Roger Casamayor. It is based on a novel by Blai Bonet. The plot, set in Mallorca, follows the fates of three childhood friends traumatized by the violence they witnessed during the Spanish Civil War. Ten years later, they are reunited in a sanatorium for TB patients. The film won the Manfred Salzgeber Award at the Berlin International Film Festival. Plot In the summer of 1936, the violence of the Spanish Civil war reaches a small village in Mallorca. Four children: Andreu Ramallo, Manuel Tur, Pau Inglada and a girl, Francisca, are witness to the execution of leftists at the hands of pro-Franco villagers. Pau, whose father has been killed the previous day by the lead executioner, plans to avenge his father's murder by torturing Julià Ballester, the son of his father's killer. His idea is to force the boy to drink castor oil. However, things go wrong when the boy, Julià Ballester, taunts them an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
