Carlos Saura
Biography: Carlos Saura Atarés (4 January 1932 – 10 February 2023) was a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. With Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be among Spain's great filmmakers. He had a long and prolific career that spanned over half a century, and his films won many international awards. Saura began his career in 1955 making documentary shorts. He gained international prominence when his first feature-length film premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 1960. Although he started filming as a neorealist, Saura switched to films encoded with metaphors and symbolism in order to get around the Spanish censors. In 1966, he was thrust into the international spotlight when his film The Hunt won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. In the following years, he forged an international reputation for his cinematic treatment of emotional and spiritual responses to repressive political conditions. By the 1970s, Saura was the best known filmmaker working in Spain. His films employed complex narrative devices and were frequently controversial. He won Special Jury Awards for Cousin Angelica (1973) and Cría Cuervos (1975) in Cannes, and he received an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film nomination in 1979 for Mama Turns 100. In the 1980s, Saura was in the spotlight for his Flamenco trilogy – Blood Wedding, Carmen and El amor brujo, in which he combined dramatic content and flamenco dance forms. His work continued to be featured in worldwide competitions and earned numerous awards. He received two nominations for Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film for Carmen (1983) and Tango (1998). His films are sophisticated expression of time and space fusing reality with fantasy, past with present, and memory with hallucination. In the last two decades of the 20th century, Saura concentrated on works uniting music, dance and images. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carlos Saura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 04, 1932
Deathday: February 10, 2023
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Goya, Carrière & the Ghost of Buñuel
2022-09-21
Goya, Carrière & the Ghost of Buñuel
Overview: French writer Jean-Claude Carrière (1931-2021) traces the life and work of Spanish painter Francisco de Goya (1746-1828).
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-09-21
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Carlos Saura Photographer - Journey of a Book
2017-01-01
Carlos Saura Photographer - Journey of a Book
Overview: The film follows the Spanish film director as he publishes a book of his mostly unknown photography. His intimate and often surprising photos create a striking portrait of daily life in 1950's Spain that contrasts with dictator Francisco Franco's propaganda. The documentary follows the two-year process of narrowing down the collection and designing the book.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-01
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Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
2005-11-18
Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
Overview: Documentary about the personal and professional life of Pablo G. del Amo. He is the most influential movie editor in Spain.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-18
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Portrait of Carlos Saura
2004-01-01
Portrait of Carlos Saura
Overview: A documentary on the life and career of the Spanish auteur Carlos Saura.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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Aragón rodado
2014-04-24
Aragón rodado
Overview: A look at the Aragonese countryside, star of the movie screen, accompanied by various trades of cinema.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-04-24
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The Walls Can Talk
2023-02-03
The Walls Can Talk
Overview: Las paredes hablan is Carlos Saura's peculiar take on the origin of art. The acclaimed and multi-award winning director, with more than 50 films to his name, portrays the evolution and relationship of art with the wall as a creative canvas from the first graphic revolutions of the prehistoric caves to the most avant-garde urban expressions. A thrilling and personal journey in the company of figures including Juan Luis Arsuaga, Miquel Barceló, Zeta, Musa 71 and Suso 33.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2023-02-03
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The First Look
2023-10-23
The First Look
Overview: The foundation in Madrid of the Institute of Investigations and Cinematographic Experiences (IIEC) in 1947, has been the most important event in the history of Spanish cinema. From there would come directors such as Luis García Berlanga, Juan Antonio Bardem, Carlos Saura, Miguel Picazo, José Luis Borau, Mario Camus, Antonio Mercero and Víctor Erice. Through their first film practices, we will learn about the history of the school and an entire country.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2023-10-23
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Donde acaba la memoria
2022-12-02
Donde acaba la memoria
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2022-12-02
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Miradas del cine español
2024-03-08
Miradas del cine español
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2024-03-08
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Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin
2015-03-09
Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin
Overview: "Nazarín is a Quixote of the priesthood " "Among the films I have made in Mexico, Nazarin is one that I prefer." "As inexplicable as the accidents that set it off, our imagination is a crucial privilege."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2015-03-09
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In the Lost City
2009-02-04
In the Lost City
Overview: The city of Madrid as it appears in the Spanish films of the 1950s. A small tribute to all those who filmed and portrayed Madrid despite the dictatorship, censorship and the critical situation of industry and society.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2009-02-04
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Antonio Gades, la ética de la danza
2007-03-18
Antonio Gades, la ética de la danza
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2007-03-18
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24 horas en la vida de Querejeta
2012-12-14
24 horas en la vida de Querejeta
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2012-12-14
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Rafael Azcona
2010-09-30
Rafael Azcona
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2010-09-30
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The Little Apartment
1959-06-15
The Little Apartment
Overview: Rodolfo and Petrita each live in separate quarters in dilapidated Madrid, while looking to have a little apartment (or "pisito", in Spanish dialect). Unfortunately their low salaries prevent them from acquiring one. Soon, Rodolfo's co-workers urge him to marry the old and frail Doña Martina, who is the main tenant in the apartment he boards in. According to Spanish rent-control law, he could inherit the lease from his spouse. Thus begin his misgivings and Petrita's. Written by Emilio
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-06-15
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Saura(s)
2017-09-23
Saura(s)
Overview: Carlos Saura, a living legend. Félix Viscarret, a director who wants to make a film portrait of the great master. He draws up a plan. He thinks it's brilliant. He will show the intimate side of Saura through conversations of the genius with his 7 children. Everyone accepts. But Saura does not like talking about the past.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2017-09-23
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Searching for Ingmar Bergman
2018-07-12
Searching for Ingmar Bergman
Overview: A meaningful account of the personal and professional life of the great Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) that explores his film legacy, with interviews with his closest collaborators and a new generation of filmmakers.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2018-07-12
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Carlos Saura's FlamencoHoy
2013-01-08
Carlos Saura's FlamencoHoy
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Genres: Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2013-01-08
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Crítico
2008-01-22
Crítico
Overview: Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho recorded testimonies about this relationship in Brazil, the United States and Europe, based on his experience as a critic.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-01-22
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Buñuel
1989-01-01
Buñuel
Overview: Analysis of the work of Luis Buñuel in fifty mini chapters. A co-production of Arsenal Films, Barcelona International Film Festival and Ovideo TV in collaboration with the Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP). The film won the 1st Prize at the European Biennial for the Conservation of European Cultural Heritage.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Navajeros, censores y nuevos realizadores
2018-04-15
Navajeros, censores y nuevos realizadores
Overview: Spain. 1978. Year of the first democratic elections following the dictatorship, and of the birth cine quinqui (delinquent movies): films that rapidly became a big commercial success, showing things that were banned by the censorship not too long before.
Genres: Documentary History Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-04-15
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Matilde Coral, acariciando el aire
2016-09-16
Matilde Coral, acariciando el aire
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-09-16
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Eduardo Ducay: el cine que siempre estuvo ahí
2015-05-15
Eduardo Ducay: el cine que siempre estuvo ahí
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2015-05-15
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Speaking of Buñuel
2000-06-09
Speaking of Buñuel
Overview: Surrealist master Luis Buñuel is a towering figure in the world of cinema history, directing such groundbreaking works as Un Chien Andalou, Exterminating Angels, and That Obscure Object of Desire, yet his personal life was clouded in myth and paradox. Though sexually diffident, he frequently worked in the erotic drama genre; though personally quite conservative, his films are florid, flamboyant, and utterly bizarre.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2000-06-09
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