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Black Bread (Catalan: Pa negre, IPA: [ˈpa ˈnɛɣɾə]) is a 2010 Catalan-language Spanish drama film written and directed by Agustí Villaronga. The screenplay is based on the homonymous novel by Emili Teixidor, with elements from two other works by him, Retrat d'un assassí d'ocells and Sic transit Gloria Swanson.[2]

Pa negre
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAgustí Villaronga
Screenplay byAgustí Villaronga
Based onPa negre
by Emili Teixidor
Produced byIsona Passola
Starring
CinematographyAntonio Riestra
Production
companies
Massa d'Or Produccions
TVC
TVE
Release dates
  • 21 September 2010 (2010-09-21) (San Sebastián)
  • 15 October 2010 (2010-10-15) (Spain)
Running time
108 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageCatalan
Budget$6,000,000
Box office$3,784,105[1]

The film won thirteen Gaudí Awards,[3] nine Goya Awards, including best film, best director and best adapted screenplay. It clinched a selection as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards,[4][5] becoming the first Catalan-language film to do so.


Plot


In the harsh post-war years' Catalan countryside, Dionís, a bird dealer, is killed with his son by a man in a hooded cape. Andreu, an 11-year-old boy, discovers the bodies. The falangist mayor of the town blames Farriol, Andreu's father. Farriol, who was Dionís's business partner dealing with birds, is an easy target for incrimination due to his suspicious background as a supporter of the Second Spanish Republic. Years before, the mayor and Farriol were rivals vying for the love of Florència, Andreu's mother, cementing the major resentment against both of them. Fearing for his life, Farriol decides to flee and cross the border into France. Florència has to work in a factory in Vic so Andreu is sent to live with his paternal relatives in a house full of women and children. Àvia, Andreu's old grandmother and Ció, a widower aunt who has a son a few years older than Andreu, work looking after the country home of the richest family of the region, the Manuben. There is also a younger aunt, Enriqueta, who is being pressured into marrying an older neighbor she does not love. The grim household is completed by Andreu's orphan cousin Núria, a maimed but beautiful girl around his age, who lost a hand while playing with a grenade.

Soon Andreu begins to unearth his family's dark secrets. His aunt, Enriqueta, is the talk of the village because she is carrying on a secret affair with a civil guard. The precocious and lively Núria is engaging in sexual games with her alcoholic school teacher. Andreu befriends an older boy who he first spots bathing naked in a river in the forest. The boy is a tuberculosis patient in a nearby monastery, who imagines he has angels' wings. Andreu helps him by setting aside some food for him. Farriol, as Andreu accidentally discovers, has not really left for France but is hiding in the farmhouse attic.

Núria and Andreu become frequent companions roaming the mysterious forest together. She has a crush on him and tries a sex game, but he rejects her sexual advances. When the mayor orders a search of the farmhouse, Farriol is found and sent to prison. Farriol furtively tells Andreu to convince Florència to ask for help from the influential Mrs. Manubens. Florència pays her a visit. Because the rich lady is childless and has a weakness for children Florència takes Andreu with her. Mrs. Manubens reluctantly writes a letter to the mayor interceding on behalf of Farriol. However, the mayor tries to take sexual advantage of Florència instead. Andreu slowly discovers that his mother has a secret of her own. In her youth she was a close friend of Pitorliua, the ghost of the legend, who was actually a delicate young man. Visiting his burial place, Andreu and Núria encounter Pauletta, Dionís's half-demented widow. Pauletta tells them that Pitorliua was the homosexual lover of the only brother of Mrs. Manubens and because of this he was castrated. She implies that Farriol had something to do with it. Exploring the cave where Pitorliua was castrated Andreu and Núria discover the names of the culprits on the wall: Dionís and Farriol. Andreu confronts his mother and Florència confesses that Dionís and Farriol were paid by Mrs. Manubens to scare Pitorliua off, but things went too far.

Farriol is condemned to death. Before he is executed Florència and Andreu visit him in jail to say goodbye. He tells his son not to forget his beliefs and ideals. After Farriol's funeral, Pauletta spitefully reveals to Florència and Andreu that Farriol was the killer of her husband and son following orders from Mrs. Manubens. Dionís tried to blackmail her and Mrs. Manubens first got rid of Dionís and then of Farriol. The rich lady bought Farriol's silence in exchange for providing an excellent education for Andreu. Andreu begins to reject his family full of lies and deceptions. Instead of running away with Núria, as they originally planned, he ultimately accepts to be educated at the expense of Mrs. Manubens. Florència comes to see him at the boarding school, but Andreu has not forgiven his parents. When a classmate asks him who was the woman who came to see him he answers that it was just a woman from his village.


Cast



Prizes


Goya Awards (Spain)

San Sebastián International Film Festival (Spain)

Gaudí Awards (Catalonia, Spain)


See also



References





На других языках


[de] Pa negre

Pa negre (Katalanisch für Schwarzes Brot) ist ein katalanischsprachiger Film aus Spanien, Drehbuch und Regie: Agustí Villaronga. Die Handlung basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Buch von Emili Teixidor mit Elementen zwei anderer Geschichten desselben Autors: Retrat d’un assassí d’ocells (Geschichte eines Vogelmörders) und Sic transit Gloria Swanson[1].
- [en] Black Bread

[es] Pan negro (película)

Pan negro (Pa negre, 2010) es una película española rodada en catalán, escrita y dirigida por Agustí Villaronga. El guion se basa principalmente en la novela homónima de Emili Teixidor, con incorporaciones de otros textos suyos como Retrat d'un assassí d'ocells y Sic transit Gloria Swanson.[3] La película se proyectó el 21 de septiembre de 2010 en el Festival de San Sebastián. El 15 de octubre fue su estreno comercial en España.[4] El filme fue propuesto por la Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España como candidato al Óscar a la mejor película en lengua extranjera en la LXXXIV edición de los Oscar 2012, pero quedó eliminado en la preselección.

[ru] Чёрный хлеб (фильм)

«Чёрный хлеб» (кат. Pa negre) — художественный фильм производства Испании на каталанском языке, снятый режиссёром Агусти Вильяронгой. Сценарий фильма был написан режиссёром по одноимённому роману Эмили Тейшидора с включением элементов двух других историй этого же автора: «Портрет птицеубийцы» (Retrat d’un assassí d’ocells) и «Так проходит Глория Суонсон» (Sic transit Gloria Swanson).



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