Pere Portabella
Birthday: 1927-01-01
Place of Birth: Figueres, Catalonia, Spain
Biography: Pere Portabella (born in 1927) is a Catalan director, producer, and politician. In 1977, he was elected Senator in Spain's first democratic elections and participated in the writing of the Spanish Constitution. As a filmmaker, his style is experimental, reaching new aspects of film language, often with a poetic tone and social content. Portabella is hailed as an essential figure in the political and cultural history of Spain.
Movies
General Report
How does a country go from a dictatorship to a democracy? A detailed report on the political represe...
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BiBici Story
While waiting to get started on the production of his feature Liberxina 90 (1970), Carlos Duran shot...
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Marquis de Sade: Justine
Without a family, penniless and separated from her sister, a beautiful chaste woman will have to cop...
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Constel·lació Portabella
Constel·lació Portabella traces the exciting life of the great Catalan film director and artist Pere...
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Spain Again
David (Mark Stevens) is a physician who returns to Spain 30 years after his involvement in the Spani...
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Filmmakers in Action
What is the state of cinema and what being a filmmaker means? What are the measures taken to protect...
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Speaking of Buñuel
Surrealist master Luis Buñuel is a towering figure in the world of cinema history, directing such gr...
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