this Aragonese director Carlos Saura (Huesca, 1932) will receive Goya of Honor 2023 To shape the “history of modern Spanish cinema”, As explained by Fernando Méndez-Leite, president of the Film Academy.
His childhood, which marked the Spanish Civil War, was spent with his family in the republican areas of cities such as Madrid, Barcelona or Valencia. His first steps in the world of cinema were when he started at the Institute for Cinematographic Studies and Experiences (IIEC). He graduated in 1952 and was soon hired as a landscape practices teacher.
thanks to the movie ‘Gulfs’Saura made her debut as a screenwriter and director and drew the wrath of Franco’s censors when she was selected for the Cannes Film Festival. In the same competition He met the filmmaker Buñuel, with whom he was working on ‘Llanto por un bandido’..
The filmmaker continued to teach at the School of Official Cinematography throughout his career, combining this with the creation of more than 50 feature films of various genres and styles. Among all these movies, his “unique and recognizable sound”one that occasionally goes into less traveled terrain and others have a much more realistic style.
Below, we present some of his best films that marked his film career.
Oh Carmela!
This film, produced by Andrés Vicente Gómez, He was awarded 13 statuettes at the 5th Goya Awards in 1991., among which was the award for best film. The feature film is based on José Sanchis Sinisterra’s play of the same name and tells the story of a couple of married bards who make a living by performing on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War. Actors Andrés Pajares and Carmen Maura star in Paulino and Carmela’s marriage..
cousin Angelica
This drama is among his award-winning films. In 1974, he was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.. The feature film, starring José Luis López Vázquez, tells the story of a man who returns to his hometown to attend his mother’s funeral. There, he remembers his childhood and adolescence, above all his love for his cousin Angélica, played by Lina Canalejas.
breeding ravens
Another of his award-winning films is this drama. In 1976 he won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Festival.Shared with Éric Rohmer’s film ‘La Marquesa de O’. Moreover, It was nominated in the best foreign film category at both the César Awards. (1976) like golden globes (1977). This feature film stars Ana, played by Geraldine Chaplin, who remembers everything that happened after her father’s death twenty years later. In addition, her nine-year-old daughter believes she has power over the life and death of people living with her, and the mother believes she has the power to summon her mother’s presence.
rush rush
This 1981 film tells the story of four friends from the slums of Madrid in transition, a gang of juvenile delinquents whose expectations are met with easy money and drugs. This feature film won in its premiere, Golden Bear for best film at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Anna and the wolves
The movie, which was released in 1973, Received three awards in the twenty-ninth edition of the Film Writers’ Circle Medals: Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography. A critique of the Spanish aristocracy of the Franco regime, the feature film tells the story of Ana, a young woman who is hired as a governess for some girls who live in a mansion with her parents, uncles and grandmother. The hero has problems with adults in the family who are interested in him.
Source: Informacion
