The 47
2024 Spanish film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2024 Spanish film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 47 (Catalan: El 47) is a 2024 Spanish drama film directed by Marcel Barrena and written by Barrena and Alberto Marini. It stars Eduard Fernández alongside Clara Segura and Zoe Bonafonte.
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| Catalan | El 47 |
| Directed by | Marcel Barrena |
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| Cinematography | Isaac Vila |
| Edited by | Nacho Ruiz Capillas |
| Music by | Arnau Bataller |
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| Distributed by | A Contracorriente Films |
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| Country | Spain |
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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]
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]
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]
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.[13]
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".[14]
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.[15]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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30th Forqué Awards | Best Film | Pending | [16] | |
| Cinema and Education in Values | Pending | ||||
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