This year’s San Sebastian Film Festival is in mourning as Spanish director Mario Camus, celebrated for his sober but caring adaptations of distinguished Spanish novels such as “La Colmena” – written by Nobel prize winner Camilo José Cela – Ignacio Aldecoa’s “Young Sánchez” and “The Holy Innocents” by Miguel Delibes, died on Saturday in Santander, northern Spain, the city where he was born. Camus was 86.
Among his career achievements, Camus took the Berlin Golden Bear for best film with “La Colmena” (1983), a Cannes Prize Ecumenical Jury prize for “The Holy Innocents” (1984). Such films proved a highpoint in Spain’s ruling socialist left’s dream, pushed when Pilar Miró took over as head of Spain’s Icaa film institute in 1982, of maintaining Spanish cinema’s social edge but priming its production levels and taking it onto a European stage.
Camus also participated in Cannes’ Directors Fortnight and at the Moscow Festival...
Among his career achievements, Camus took the Berlin Golden Bear for best film with “La Colmena” (1983), a Cannes Prize Ecumenical Jury prize for “The Holy Innocents” (1984). Such films proved a highpoint in Spain’s ruling socialist left’s dream, pushed when Pilar Miró took over as head of Spain’s Icaa film institute in 1982, of maintaining Spanish cinema’s social edge but priming its production levels and taking it onto a European stage.
Camus also participated in Cannes’ Directors Fortnight and at the Moscow Festival...
- 9/20/2021
- by Emilio Mayorga and Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Pedro Almodóvar is arguably the most influential Spanish filmmaker working today, but no auteur is an island. The Academy Award winner (Best Original Screenplay for “Talk to Her,” who also won Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival for “All About My Mother,” has compiled a list of Spanish movies that inspire him for the British Film Institute, with choices ranging from “The Executioner” to “Poachers.” Check out the full list below.
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Main Street (“Calle Mayor,” 1956)
“‘Calle Mayor’ is a major work that has not only stood the test of time but has consolidated its reputation.”
“It Happened in Broad Daylight” (“El cebo,” 1958)
“‘El cebo’ is one of the few examples of a film in which a diverse mix of nationalities and talents crystallises into something beautiful and personal.”
“The Executioner” (“El verdugo,” 1963)
“‘The Executioner...
Read More: Watch: First Trailer For Pedro Almodovar’s ‘Julieta,’ Premiering In Competition At Cannes
Main Street (“Calle Mayor,” 1956)
“‘Calle Mayor’ is a major work that has not only stood the test of time but has consolidated its reputation.”
“It Happened in Broad Daylight” (“El cebo,” 1958)
“‘El cebo’ is one of the few examples of a film in which a diverse mix of nationalities and talents crystallises into something beautiful and personal.”
“The Executioner” (“El verdugo,” 1963)
“‘The Executioner...
- 6/19/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
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