The 47

The 47 (Catalan: El 47) is a 2024 drama film directed by Marcel Barrena and written by Barrena and Alberto Marini. It stars Eduard Fernández alongside Clara Segura and Zoe Bonafonte.

The 47
Theatrical release poster
Catalan	El 47
Directed by	Marcel Barrena
Screenplay by	Marcel Barrena Alberto Marini
Produced by	Laura Fdez. Espeso Javier Méndez
Starring	Eduard Fernández Clara Segura Zoe Bonafonte Salva Reina Óscar de la Fuente Betsy Túrnez Vicente Romero Carlos Cuevas David Verdaguer
Cinematography	Isaac Vila
Edited by	Nacho Ruiz Capillas
Music by	Arnau Bataller
Production company	The Mediapro Studio
Distributed by	A Contracorriente Films
Release date	6 September 2024 (2024-09-06)
Country	Spain
Languages	Catalan Spanish
Box office	€3.4 million

Plot

Barcelona. 1978. Incensed by the contempt faced by impoverished Extremaduran and Andalusian immigrant communities in the city outskirts, bus driver Manolo Vital hijacks a vehicle of the 47 bus line, in order to debunk the local government's lie that buses could not reach the Torre Baró neighborhood.^[1][2][3]

Cast

• Eduard Fernández as Manolo Vital^[2]
• Clara Segura as Carmen^[4]
• Zoe Bonafonte [ca] as Joana^[4]
• Salva Reina as Felipín^[4]
• Óscar de la Fuente [es] as Antonio^[4]
• Betsy Túrnez as Aurora^[5]
• Vicente Romero as Ortega^[4]
• Carlos Cuevas as Pasqual^[6][4]
• David Verdaguer as Serra^[4]
• Aimar Vega as Josep^[4]
• Borja Espinosa as el Rubio^[4]
• Carme Sansa^[2]
• Francesc Ferrer^[2]

Production

The screenplay was written by Marcel Barrena and Alberto Marini.^[7] The film is a The Mediapro Studio production.^[7] It had the participation of Movistar Plus+, RTVE, 3Cat, and Triodos Bank, the backing from ICEC and funding from ICO.^[8] It was shot in between June and July 2023.^[9] Shooting locations in the province of Barcelona included Plaça de Catalunya, the Barcelona City Hall, and the Torre Baró neighborhood.^[9]

Valeria Castro composed the film's main song, "El borde del mundo".^[10]

Release

Distributed by A Contracorriente Films, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 6 September 2024 in 175 screens.^[8][11][12] It grossed over €240,000 in its opening weekend, with the seventh-largest gross and second-best gross per screen ratio in the Spanish box office.^[12]

By February 2025, the film had grossed around €3.4 million.^[13]

Reception

Blai Morell of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be "a splendid film that deals about the neighborhood struggle as an engine of change in the search for the common good", highlighting the "spectacular" work delivered by the "entire" cast as the best thing about it.^[14]

Toni Vall of Cinemanía rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, considering it to be Barrena's best film, "a work of craftsmanship, everything [in it] exudes authenticity".^[15]

Philipp Engel of La Vanguardia, rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, declaring it a "good film, full of good intentions as it appeals to solidarity and civil movements" [rallying no other banner] "than that of just causes", while also pointing out that "it never ceases to be a conventional and predictable" story.^[16]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2024	30th Forqué Awards	Best Film		Won	[17]
		Cinema and Education in Values		Won
2025	17th Gaudí Awards	Best Film		Won	[18]
		Best Director	Marcel Barrena	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Marcel Barrena, Alberto Marini	Nominated
		Best Actor	Eduard Fernández	Won
		Best Supporting Actress	Betsy Túrnez	Nominated
			Clara Segura	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Carlos Cuevas	Nominated
			David Verdaguer	Nominated
		Best New Performance	Zoe Bonafonte	Nominated
		Best Production Supervision	Carlos Apolinario	Won
		Best Original Score	Arnau Bataller	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Isaac Vila	Nominated
		Best Editing	Nacho Ruiz Capillas	Nominated
		Best Art Direction	Marta Bazaco	Nominated
		Best Costume Design	Olga Rodal, Irantzu Ortiz	Won
		Best Makeup and Hairstyles	Karol Tornaria	Won
		Best Sound	Eva Valiño, Fabiola Ordoyo, Yasmina Praderas	Nominated
		Best Visual Effects	Laura Canals, Iván López Hernández	Won
		Special Audience Award		Won	[19]
	12th Feroz Awards	Best Screenplay in a Film	Marcel Barrena, Beto Marini	Nominated	[20]
		Best Supporting Actress in a Film	Clara Segura	Won
		Best Original Soundtrack	Arnau Bataller	Nominated
	4th Carmen Awards	Best Non-Andalusian Produced Film		Nominated	[21]
	79th CEC Medals	Best Film		Nominated	[22][23]
		Best Director	Marcel Barrena	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Alberto Marini, Marcel Barrena	Nominated
		Best Actor	Eduard Fernández	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Salva Reina	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Clara Segura	Nominated
		Best New Actress	Zoe Bonafonte	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Isaac Vila	Nominated
		Best Editing	Nacho Ruiz Capillas	Nominated
		Best Music	Arnau Bataller	Nominated
	39th Goya Awards	Best Film		Won	[24]
		Best Original Screenplay	Alberto Marini, Marcel Barrena	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Clara Segura	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Salva Reina	Won
		Best New Actress	Zoe Bonafonte	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Isaac Vila	Nominated
		Best Editing	Nacho Ruiz Capillas	Nominated
		Best Original Score	Arnau Bataller	Nominated
		Best Art Direction	Marta Bazaco	Nominated
		Best Production Supervision	Carlos Apolinario	Won
		Best Original Song	"El borde del mundo" by Valeria Castro	Nominated
		Best Costume Design	Irantzu Ortiz, Olga Rodal	Nominated
		Best Makeup and Hairstyles	Karol Tornaría	Nominated
		Best Special Effects	Laura Canals, Iván López Hernández	Won
	33rd Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role	Clara Segura	Won	[25]
		Best Film Actor in a Minor Role	Carlos Cuevas	Won
		Best New Actress	Zoe Bonafonte	Won
	12th Platino Awards	Best Ibero-American Film		Pending	[26]
		Best Supporting Actress	Clara Segura	Pending

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2024