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Pere Portabella i Ràfols (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈpeɾə ˌpɔɾtəˈβeʎəj ˈrafuls]; born in 1927) is a Spanish politician, director, and producer. In 1977, he was elected Senator in Spain's first democratic elections and participated in the writing of the Spanish Constitution.
As a filmmaker Pere Portabella has been a relevant presence in the Spanish film world for the last fifty years. With Films 59, his production company, he fostered some of the most emblematic films in the history of Spanish cinema.
Pere Portabella. Director: The Silence Before Bach. Pere Portabella was born on 11 February 1927 in Figueres, Girona, Catalonia, Spain. He is a director and writer, known for The Silence Before Bach (2007), Warsaw Bridge (1990) and No compteu amb els dits (1967).
- January 1, 1
- Director, Writer, Producer
- Figueres, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
- Pere Portabella
Feb 9, 2022 · OFFICIAL WEBSITE. " You may have the impression that Portabella is an extreme, disrespectful, destructive filmaker; a punk filmaker. And, in a way, he is. Except for one thing. Messyness – something usually associated with punks but which is completely absent in his films.
Box Set Pick: Pere Portabella Complete Works. Miró l’altre. In Pere Portabella’s short Lectura Brossa (03), avant-garde Catalan poet Joan Brossa describes himself as an “inventor of strategies” and an “unsubmissive opponent of official culture”—two definitions that also well describe the role assumed by Portabella in the bosom of ...
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.
PERE PORTABELLA made his first film in Barcelona in 1967, a time marked by intense repression in Francoist Spain and a worldwide proliferation of cinematic new waves that were challenging the parameters of filmic language. The eight features and countless shorts he brought to fruition in the subsequent half century would seem to thwart the ...
