Post by bryan on Jun 8, 2006 14:32:31 GMT
'SALVADOR': Film by Manuel Huerga.
At the Cannes Festival last month a film about the anarchist Salvador Puig Antich who was executed by garrote on 2nd, March 1974 was met with great applause.
The respected Spanish newspaper El Pais reported the director of the film, Manuel Huerga, as saying the Puig Antich was ' a man the was neither a nationalist nor independentista. He was an anarchist who looked to a society different from that that we now have...'
El Pais says: 'In the film it shows Puig Antich as a man who is a rebel against the system, but who is not presented as a hero or martyre and the actor Daniel Bruhl takes in his stride.' The actor Bruhl says: 'I had great trouble playing this part. It was a great responsibility. When I got to know the sisters of Puig Antich I was very nervous about doing the part. I have never lived under the dictatorship (General Franco), but I know something of the significance of this from my parents who emmigrated from Spain to Germany.' He added: 'I believe that for me to participate in this film has been a good lesson in history'.
Another actor in the film - Leonardo Sbaraglia (playing Tristan Ulloa) - said: 'My family lived in exile in France because they were republicans and I have much affection for this film.' He continued: 'We should never forget cases like Salvador Puig Antich for they are projects that Huerga has made possible for us to recuparate our memory.'
At the Cannes Festival last month a film about the anarchist Salvador Puig Antich who was executed by garrote on 2nd, March 1974 was met with great applause.
The respected Spanish newspaper El Pais reported the director of the film, Manuel Huerga, as saying the Puig Antich was ' a man the was neither a nationalist nor independentista. He was an anarchist who looked to a society different from that that we now have...'
El Pais says: 'In the film it shows Puig Antich as a man who is a rebel against the system, but who is not presented as a hero or martyre and the actor Daniel Bruhl takes in his stride.' The actor Bruhl says: 'I had great trouble playing this part. It was a great responsibility. When I got to know the sisters of Puig Antich I was very nervous about doing the part. I have never lived under the dictatorship (General Franco), but I know something of the significance of this from my parents who emmigrated from Spain to Germany.' He added: 'I believe that for me to participate in this film has been a good lesson in history'.
Another actor in the film - Leonardo Sbaraglia (playing Tristan Ulloa) - said: 'My family lived in exile in France because they were republicans and I have much affection for this film.' He continued: 'We should never forget cases like Salvador Puig Antich for they are projects that Huerga has made possible for us to recuparate our memory.'
