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| Country: | Spain |
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| Length: | 85 min |
Description:
The film explores how cinema can represent reality while offering a sharp critique of Francoist Spain. It employs fragmented storytelling and techniques reminiscent of Brecht, using unusual connections between scenes to create a sense of unease and unresolved tension. As Jonathan Rosembaun notes, the film unsettlingly manipulates audience expectations. Influenced by Rossellini's stark depictions of actors in foreign landscapes, director Portabella stages a dreamlike journey through Barcelona with Christopher Lee. This is arguably Portabella’s most structurally intricate and politically charged work, marked by intense poeticism.
| Alternative title: | Umbracle |
| Release year: | 1972 |
| Language: | ca |
| Director: | Pere Portabella |
| Type: | Movie |
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