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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.
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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]
- Eduard Fernández as Manolo Vital[2]
- Clara Segura as Carmen[4]
- Zoe Bonafonte as Joana[4]
- Salva Reina as Felipín[4]
- Óscar de la Fuente 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]
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]
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| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2024 |
30th Forqué Awards | Best Film | Won | [16] | |
| Cinema and Education in Values | Won | ||||
2025 |
17th Gaudí Awards | Best Film | Pending | ||
| Best Director | Marcel Barrena | Pending | |||
| Best Original Screenplay | Marcel Barrena, Alberto Marini | Pending | |||
| Best Actor | Eduard Fernández | Pending | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Betsy Túrnez | Pending | |||
| Clara Segura | Pending | ||||
| Best Supporting Actor | Carlos Cuevas | Pending | |||
| David Verdaguer | Pending | ||||
| Best New Performance | Zoe Bonafonte | Pending | |||
| Best Production Supervision | Carlos Apolinario | Pending | |||
| Best Original Score | Arnau Bataller | Pending | |||
| Best Cinematography | Isaac Vila | Pending | |||
| Best Editing | Nacho Ruiz Capillas | Pending | |||
| Best Art Direction | Marta Bazaco | Pending | |||
| Best Costume Design | Olga Rodal, Irantzu Ortiz | Pending | |||
| Best Makeup and Hairstyles | Karol Tornaria | Pending | |||
| Best Sound | Eva Valiño, Fabiola Ordoyo, Yasmina Praderas | Pending | |||
| Best Visual Effects | Laura Canals, Iván López Hernández | Pending | |||
| 12th Feroz Awards | Best Screenplay in a Film | Marcel Barrena, Beto Marini | Pending | [18] | |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Film | Clara Segura | Pending | |||
| Best Original Soundtrack | Arnau Bataller | Pending | |||
| 4th Carmen Awards | Best Non-Andalusian Produced Film | Pending | [19] | ||
| 39th Goya Awards | Best Film | Pending | [20] | ||
| Best Original Screenplay | Alberto Marini, Marcel Barrena | Pending | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Clara Segura | Pending | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Salva Reina | Pending | |||
| Best New Actress | Zoe Bonafonte | Pending | |||
| Best Cinematography | Isaac Vila | Pending | |||
| Best Editing | Nacho Ruiz Capillas | Pending | |||
| Best Original Score | Arnau Bataller | Pending | |||
| Best Art Direction | Marta Bazaco | Pending | |||
| Best Production Supervision | Carlos Apolinario | Pending | |||
| Best Original Song | "El borde del mundo" by Valeria Castro | Pending | |||
| Best Costume Design | Irantzu Ortiz, Olga Rodal | Pending | |||
| Best Makeup and Hairstyles | Karol Tornaría | Pending | |||
| Best Special Effects | Laura Canals, Iván López Hernández | Pending | |||
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