Pere Portabella Movies

An itinerary through the great creations of Catalan art: Romanesque, Gothic, Modernist and Contemporary; with interviews to Catalan creators such as...

A beautiful, sometimes faintly bonkers celebration and contemplation of the role Bach’s music plays in the world today. Blending historical...

Surrealist master Luis Buñuel is a towering figure in the world of cinema history, directing such groundbreaking works as Un Chien Andalou,...

Don Anselmo, a retired old man, decides to buy a motorized disabled stroller since all his pensioner friends own one. His family strongly refuses him...

As publicity for the exhibit Miró L’altre, organized by the Colegio de Arquitectos de Catalunya in 1969, the Board commissioned Pere...

Miguel, a poor young man living in Franco's Spain becomes a bull fighter to escape poverty.

Portabella is putting forward the second part of one of his historic works, the “General report on certain matters of interest for a public...

The film is part of the feature film "Hay motivo", made up of 32 short films directed by Spanish directors and actors against the policies of the...

A female professor, a writer, and an orchestra conductor--three characters, two couples--attend a grand literary cocktail party. The writer has just...

A multi-part feature on the governing body of Spain, the Popular Party under Jose María Aznar. Themes include the bombing of Iraq,...

Portabella’s first feature, co-scripted by poet Joan Brossa, became one of the most influential works of the Barcelona avant-garde, although...

How does a country go from a dictatorship to a democracy? A detailed report on the political representation in the heart of the Spanish Transition,...

In 1969, Jesús Franco and Christopher Lee shot Count Dracula in Barcelona. At the same time, Pere Portabella became aware of this filming,...

Pere Portabella’s first work as a director starts with the following phrase: “defeated…but not conquered”. This may or...

Conceptual short film consisting of four independent pieces, filmed in Carles Santos' own apartment, on Madrazo Street in Barcelona.

A group of friends who are struggling to survive in the slums of Madrid commit petty crime in order to finance the debut as a bullfighter of one of...

Constel·lació Portabella traces the exciting life of the great Catalan film director and artist Pere Portabella , which traverses the...