Pere Portabella

  • Pere Portabella – Nocturno 29 AKA Nocturne 29 (1968)

    Arthouse1961-1970ExperimentalPere PortabellaSpainSpanish cinema under Franco

    Synopsis
    Portabella’s first feature, co-scripted by poet Joan Brossa, became one of the most influential works of the Barcelona avant-garde, although like all his early films, it circulated only in an underground fashion. Eschewing dialogue, the director constructs a non-narrative story in fragments that reveal the daily lives of an adulterous couple interspersed with a cryptic stream of unrelated imagery. The title of this homage to directors including Eisenstein, Antonioni, Bergman, and Buñuel refers to the 29 “black years” of the Franco dictatorship.Read More »

  • Pere Portabella – No compteu amb els dits (1967)

    1961-1970ExperimentalPere PortabellaSpain

    Quote:
    The medium-length film No compteu amb els dits, Pere Portabella’s first work as a director, starts with the following phrase: “defeated…but not conquered”. This may or should be taken as an allusion to the technical K.O. taken by Portabella from Franco’s regime during the sixties as regards his work as a producer. Through the extremely raging playthings of the words of Catalan poet Joan Brossa, Portabella attempts to dismantle the forms of advertising discourse of that time. —pereportabella.comRead More »

  • Pere Portabella – Informe general sobre unas cuestiones de interés para una proyección pública (1977) (HD)

    Documentary1971-1980Pere PortabellaPoliticsSpain

    Shot in the months after the death of Franco, Informe general is a “documentary” shot with the techniques of a fiction film—exploring the limits of film representations. The speakers are concerned with one question: How do you go from a dictatorship to a democracy?

    The lucid, radical work of Pere Portabella creates an invaluable space for rethinking reality, fiction and the political dimension of both. We’re honoured to present two films that bridge crucial moments in the History of Spain (and Europe) starting with this monumental landmark of activist cinema.Read More »

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