El Sopar (English: Dinner) is a 1974 documentary film, in Catalan and Spanish, by experimental filmmaker Pere Portabella. The film takes place on the night of the execution of militant anarchist Salvador Puig Antich by Franco's Spanish State. Using simple cinematic conventions, Portabella's documentary involves five former political prisoners gathered in a farmhouse to prepare dinner and discuss the problems with long prison terms.[1]
| El Sopar | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Pere Portabella |
| Written by | Pere Portabella |
| Starring | Ángel Abad Jordi Cunill Lola Ferreira Antonio Marín Narciso Julián |
| Cinematography | Manel Esteban |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Languages | Spanish Catalan |
To protect the film's subjects from persecution by in Francoist Spain, the film's production was coordinated in secrecy, with notices of the secret shooting location sent to technicians and participants at staggered times.[2] After Franco’s death, Portabella recut his film and added an interview with Puig Antich’s lawyer. In 2018, he added a new intertitle that refers to the Catalan pro-independence politicians currently in jail.[3]
Specs
edit- Produced by:
- Directors: Pere Portabella
- Scripts:
- Languages: Spanish, Catalan
Sources
edit- Clandesti: Forbidden Catalan Cinema Under Franco at Pragda
- Forbidden Catalan Cinema at Film Society of Lincoln Center
References
edit- ^ "El Sopar Page on Pragda". Pragda. Archived from the original on 2009-07-04. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
- ^ "Pere Portabella home page". Portabella. Archived from the original on May 2, 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
- ^ Zecchi, Barbara (2019). "Intervening in the Present: Catalan Cinema's Radical Years (1968–1978)". Film Quarterly. 72 (3): 69–77. doi:10.1525/fq.2019.72.3.69. S2CID 194213310. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
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