Péter Forgács, El Perro Negro: Stories from the Spanish Civil War (2005)

“Eyes on Spain” Film Screening Series

February 10, 2016 6:30 PM –
February 10, 2016 8:30 PM
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Still from the film “El Perro Negro: Stories from the Spanish Civil War” (2005) by Péter Forgács
Still from the film “El Perro Negro: Stories from the Spanish Civil War” (2005) by Péter Forgács
As the sixth event of the film series “Eyes on Spain: Screening the Civil War Memories”, accompanying the “Mexican Suitcase” exhibition, we screen the film El Perro Negro: Stories from the Spanish Civil War (2005) by Péter Forgács, introduced by the director. The “Eyes on Spain” film screening series is a cooperation with the Spanish Embassy in Budapest and the Cervantes Institute.
Events
film screening and discussion
Eyes on Spain. Screening the Civil War Memories

Embajada de España en Hungría Instituto Cervantes Budapest

The Mexican Suitcase
The Mexican Suitcase – Opening Event Trisha Ziff, The Mexican Suitcase (2011) Carolina Astudillo, The Great Flight (2014) The Visual Politics of Gesture Guernica on the Screen José Luis Cuerda, Butterfly (1999) Péter Forgács, El Perro Negro: Stories from the Spanish Civil War (2005) Carlos Saura, ¡Ay Carmela! (1990) – The Songs of the Spanish Civil War Joris Ivens, Spanish Earth (1937) and the Rita Góbi Dance Company
As the sixth event of the film series “Eyes on Spain: Screening the Civil War Memories”, accompanying the “Mexican Suitcase” exhibition, we screen the film El Perro Negro: Stories from the Spanish Civil War (2005) by Péter Forgács, introduced by the director. The “Eyes on Spain” film screening series is a cooperation with the Spanish Embassy in Budapest and the Cervantes Institute.

El Perro Negro: Stories from the Spanish Civil War (2005)
documentary 84’, directed by Péter Forgács

El perro negro takes a cliché breaking view of the Spanish Civil War trough a mesmerizing found footage collage. The saga begins in 1929 with the talented amateur filmmaker, Joan Salvans, son of a wealthy Catalan industrialist, of Terrassa. The Salvans were the object of admiration as one of the most successful wool manufacturers of Catalonia, but also of hatred by the emerging anarchists and socialist trade unionists. On July 24, 1936, six days after the Civil War broke out; a militant anarchist group led by “Pedro el Cruel” kills Joan Salvans, filmmaker, and his father Franceso Salvans. A cyclist, not far from their house, finds their bodies “La Barata”. Just about the same time when Joan’s life unfortunately ends, a new saga of the other young clandestine filmmaker, Ernesto Noriega picks up the story line to guide us through his adventures. Throughout the film we travel through Spain’s chaotic decade with the images and stories of several amateur filmmakers and their memories focusing on all sides of the front like republicans, anarchists, Communist, and the foreigner Brits, Germans, Italians, Americans, who fought on both sides.
Watch the trailer here.

The film will be introduced by Péter Forgács, after the screening Zsuzsa Zádori (Blinken OSA Archivum) will talk to the director.

Admission free. Seating is first-come first-served basis.
The program is in English.

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