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Spanish Cinema Now+ “Premios Goya” | El 47
El 47 (The 47), 2024
Directed by Marcel Barrena
Spanish Cinema Now+ “Premios Goya” showcases contemporary Spanish cinema by screening three films recognized at the 39th Goya Awards. The series was organized by the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC, the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), and the Spanish Film Academy, and is presented in Dallas by the Meadows Museum in collaboration with Dallas Film.
Set in the late 1970s, this film celebrates real-life bus driver Manolo Vital, who performed an act of civil disobedience for his own working-class neighborhood. Tired of the Barcelona City Council claiming that public transportation couldn’t reach the impoverished area of Torre Baró because its streets were too narrow and unsafe, Manolo hijacks his own bus, “el 47,” and reroutes it to prove the authorities wrong. El 47 received the awards for Best Film, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress at the 39th Goya Awards.
Spain’s Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts rates this film ICAA 7+ (not recommended for audiences under seven years of age), but the Meadows Museum screening is intended for mature audiences only.
Catalan and Spanish with English subtitles | 100 minutes
Space is limited, register online in advance.
Free
