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  • Antoni Padrós – Dafnis y Cloe AKA Daphnis and Chloe (1969)

    1961-1970Antoni PadrósExperimentalSpainSpanish cinema under Franco

    An indoor game where a couple come to the conclusion after doing and saying many things, that the only way out is anarchy.

    Quote:
    Padrós’ films have a clear personal character and they maintain a kind of narrative, with strong ironic and critical overtones. In his earlier films his criticisms were mostly directed against the false progressive attitudes that were common among certain groups of the young at that time, and also towards the boring transcendental themes that were fashionable then (non-communication, alienation, sexual repression, ideological fashions, cultural mythologies. . .)Read More »

  • Antoni Padrós – Shirley Temple Story (1976)

    1971-1980Antoni PadrósExperimentalMusicalSpainSpanish cinema under Franco

    Quote:
    A humorously distorted version of the life of Shirley Temple, and described by its director as a terrorist musical. Shirley Temple sets off for the Emerald City to tell the Wizard that she is upset that Judy Garland has been selected for the role of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. On this trip she is accompanied by a group of characters who make reference to a fragmented, bipolar society. The film was begun as Franco was ill and completed after his death, and makes reference to the oppression of Spain during this period.Read More »

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