Rafael Alberti
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Buñuel
Jan 01, 1984Completed a year after his death in 1983, this program presents the definitive biography of Spain’s renowned Surrealist film maker and iconoclast, Luis Buñuel. Using photographs, film excerpts, and numerous interviews with Bunuel, the video chronicles his early friendships with Salvador Dalí and Federico García Lorca, the stormy reactions to many of his groundbreaking films, and the influence he has had on international cinema. Among those interviewed are directors Federico Fellini, John Huston, and Jose L. Saenz De Heredia; Buñuel’s wife, Jeanne Rucar, and son Juan; actor Francisco Rabal; and Octavio Paz.
Documentary
Murilo Mendes: A Poesia em Pânico
Jan 01, 1977Short film about the life and work of the poet Murilo Mendes.
Documentary
Rafael Alberti, un retrato del poeta
Jan 01, 1984Documentary
El elefante del rey
Oct 03, 2003North Sudan, summer 1923. King Alfonso XIII of Spain captures an enormous African elephant, an apparently irrelevant act that, however, will be paramount to understand the Spain of 20th century; an animal from far lands that will become a symbol of the Second Spanish Republic, the communist movement and many other things; a royal hunting that marks the beginning of a bizarre story of jealousy, passion, political intrigues and taxidermy.
Comedy
Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado
Nov 07, 1983A history of the Spanish Transition told in first person by the main protagonists: on the one hand, the politicians, idealistic or merely opportunistic, who brought it to a successful conclusion in the tribunes and offices; on the other hand, the citizens who, in the streets, supported it sincerely or fought it with ferocity.
Documentary
Garabatos
Jan 01, 1964Based on two poems by Rafael Alberti, Garabatos (“Scribbles”) is a reflection on childhood, education and the demise of innocence. Music by Pierre Henry, Pierre Schaeffer and Edgard Varèse.
Animation
Pupila al viento
Dec 31, 1949
El gran amor de Bécquer
Jan 01, 1946The alleged uncontrolled romance between a young girl forced to marry another and the poet Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer.
Drama
La dama duende
May 17, 1945The young widow of the viceroy of Peru, facing the dismal prospect of either a convent or a marriage of convenience, sets out to conquer a handsome officer, pretending she’s a duende, a ghost.
Comedy
Imágenes y versos a la Navidad
Dec 01, 1962Cowgirl
Jan 01, 1970Comedy
Caudillo
Oct 14, 1977Caudillo is a documentary film by Spanish film director Basilio Martín Patino. It follows the military and political career of Francisco Franco and the most important moments of the Spanish Civil War. It uses footage from both sides of the war, music from the period and voice-over testimonies of various people.
Documentary
