Released on 15 October without a lot of noise and impact, " Pa Negre "Agusti Villaronga was watched by 150,000 spectators, raising 850,000 euros. Three months later, almost fulfilled its commercial life and about the long swell forgotten list of English titles, the 14 nominations for Goya Villaronga tape led to the first warning signal was the post-war film that few had heard. At that time, "Negre Pa" was projected only 10 rooms in Catalonia, a figure that increased to 40 copies that became 100 with his victory at the Goya Awards. Is it about the awards. "Pa Negre" is now planned in Spain with better box office numbers that could get in their opener and sharing presence in video stores with their own DVD to market.
post-war film based on his victory in Villaronga Goya in gratitude to the career of a single director and poor response groups by the English film industry in the differentiation that involves the decentralization of chronic habitual our post-war film and a solid and inspired group of actors that gave credibility and suffering on their characters. Also, to deny the poor harvest of 2010 where no English particularly highlighted title.
"Pa negre " as " The Butterfly's Tongue "Jose Luis Cuerda, as Pan's Labyrinth" by Guillermo del Toro is the director of its particular approach to a crude stage of our history from a viewpoint in opposition, that of children and innocent look (of the Francesc Colomer child). Villaronga alternates the story of repression, fear and pain after the war, a thousand times seen in the English cinema, with a subplot research. This story is secondary, and particularly in the dreamlike memory of the mysterious ghost of Pitorluia, we recognize the Villaronga responsible for "Behind the glass " or " Sea" and where recurring themes of his films, such as homosexuality, tragedy, torture is aimed more or less direct.
Mallorcan The universe of the filmmaker is, therefore, present in "Pa Negre." You breathe in the atmosphere flawed in their society crippled and battered by war. Therein lies the principal distinction of "Pa Negre" with other titles of its kind, despite his inability to play to prevent this subgenre trite passages as that evil (and low input) Sergi Lopez, or that sold school teacher (Eduard Fernandez) who will be compensated with moral nuance and ambiguity in the characters of Nora Navas, Roger Casamajor, Laia Marrull, which reinforce the reading of "Pa Negre" and also make it a film of brilliant coral.
" Pa negre" is indeed yet another view of English cinema after the war, but at the time, the first of a director always suggestive, Agustà Villaronga.
