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<i>El Sopar</i>

El Sopar

1974 film

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]

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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

  • Produced by:
  • Directors: Pere Portabella
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  • Languages: Spanish, Catalan

Sources

References

  1. [1]
    "El Sopar Page on Pragda". Pragda. Archived from the original on 2009-07-04. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
  2. [2]
    "Pere Portabella home page". Portabella. Archived from the original on May 2, 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
  3. [3]
    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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