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Maria Aurèlia capmany parla d’un lloc entre els morts
A famous Catalan writer/feminist/anti-fascist activist talks in the 1960s about her latest novel – which says a lot about the times as such. Looks simPublished on: -
Informe general sobre unas cuestiones de interés para una proyección pública
On 20 November 1975, Francisco Franco dies. On 15 June 1977, Spain holds free elections for the first time in decades. What happens in this…Published on: -
Hearts Know * the Runaway Brides
Nineteen brides, scattered over four continents, run off on their wedding day. Dressed up in their wedding gowns they cross cities, industrial estatesPublished on: -
Els noms de Crist
Serra freely interpreted a ‘television series’ for an exhibition at the MACBA in Barcelona. His series deals with the problems involved in funding ‘diPublished on: -
El mar
Raw, surrealist, homoerotic and sometimes violent melodrama – a highlight of Villaronga’s oeuvre. Mallorca 1936: a mass execution by fascists is witnePublished on: -
Finisterrae
A film with a logic, beauty and humour all of its own. Two ghosts – recognisable by their white robes with holes for the eyes…Published on: -
Miquel Bauçà: poeta invisible
Bauçà (1940-2005) was a radical poet and author, contrary and unclassifiable. Ideal for Villaronga in other words. A documentary done as a feature filPublished on: -
El passatger clandestí
Simenon story with Simon Callow, Bruno Todeschini and Mercè Pons. Generally seen as a less successful Villaronga, but this commissioned work – a detecPublished on: -
Després de la pluja
A select group of actors (Marisa Paredes, Alex Brendemühl) worked on this television version of a Catalan play, about the desire for death and other…Published on: -
Pa negre
Accomplished, engrossing film about the loss of innocence set in a polarised, post-war Catalan countryside. Based on a novel, but nevertheless perfectPublished on: