Even though he is not in good health Ventura Pons continued to think about artistic projects. Author Lluís Anton Baulenas, whose two books he adapted into films, was working on a different adaptation with him. “Ventura Pons wanted to bring my work to the theater ‘Your Anita (Bones obres)’, “This was a movie that he had turned into a movie years ago,” explained the playwright. “We had worked on a text that included something from the script of the movie ‘Anita I didn’t miss the train’. “But I doubt this will be a viable project after his death.”
The Catalan filmmaker died on Monday at the age of 78, leaving behind a fruitful work. Director’s memorial ceremonyproducer and screenwriter The emblem of Catalan cinema in the 80s and 90s will be celebrated this Wednesday at 12:00 at Les Corts Funeral Home. From Barcelona.
First winner goes to Baulenas Santa Eulàlia Award 2023 He would love to work with Pons again, with a novel set in the Barcelona of the 2003 property boom. The director also adapted his other novels: ‘Stupid love’ And ‘service area’.
“He had a great mind and really wanted to take this forward,” he says. He admits that he got a lot out of ‘La vostra Anita (Bones obres)’. It was born as a novel but saw it turned into a film starring Rosa Maria Sardà and José Coronado, who eventually turned it into a movie. theatrical monologue. “Pons was thinking about who could do it. If someone close to the director knew about the project and was interested in it, it would be great to make it happen. But I doubt it could be done because it involved something very personal.”
From cinema to theater
Baulenas sent him the play script. “Pons’ intention was to make an adaptation of the film for the theater. I had full confidence in him, but I don’t think he had a successor who was interested in developing this project. Pons was used to doing everything himself and controlling everything,” recalls Baulenas. The author’s works, which generally publish a new work every two or three years, include female heroes and independent women, such as Anita, the blockbuster movie that Pons dreams of bringing to the cinema.
Beyond Baulenas’ works mentioned above, he also adapted novels by Quim Monzó (“El perquè de tot plegat”), Jordi Puntí (“Animals ferits”) and Ferran Torrent (“La Vida abismal”), as well as texts by playwrights such as Josep Maria . Benet i Jornet (‘Actrius’), Jordi Belbel (‘Carícies’) and Lluïsa Cunillé (‘Barcelona, a map’).
Filmoteca de Catalunya announced that the director will be commemorated posthumously ‘Ocaña, sonido intermittent’ and the Catalan Cinema Academy, which awarded him the Gaudí d’Honor award in 2015, said: His figure will be remembered at the next Gaudí Awards gala.