Screenplay: Pere Portabella

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Pere Portabella. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.

Titles found: 21

General Report on Some Questions of Interest for a Public Projection

1977 · Documentary · 149 min. · Spain

Direction Pere Portabella

Plot Clandestinely shot documentary footage of demonstrations in major cities is interweaved with interviews and discussions between Spanish politicians, union activists, and representatives (many of whom would become key figures in...

7.4

256 votes

7.4

256 votes

El sopar

1974 · Documentary · 54 min. · Spain

Half-length Film

Direction Pere Portabella

Plot The film takes place on the night of the execution of militant anarchist Salvador Puig Antich by Franco's regime. Using simple cinematic conventions, Portabella's documentary involves five former political prisoners...

6.7

181 votes

6.7

181 votes

Poetes catalans

1970 · Documentary · 28 min. · Spain

Half-length Film

Direction Pere Portabella

Cast Agustí Bartra · Pere Quart · Salvador Espriu · Joan Brossa

6.6

46 votes

6.6

46 votes

Don't count on the fingers

1967 · Documentary · 33 min. · Spain

Half-length Film

Direction Pere Portabella

Cast Mario Cabré · Josep Centelles · Natacha Gounkevich

Plot The first film directed by Avant-garde artist and filmproducer Pere Portabella. A man in front of the bathroom mirror, a blond woman with the word "Brrr!" written on her forehead,...

6.6

143 votes

6.6

143 votes

Umbracle

1971 · Movie · 85 min. · Spain

Drama Experimental Cinema Surrealism

Direction Pere Portabella

Cast Christopher Lee · Jeannine Mestre

Plot In this surrealistic film, a young Christopher Lee wanders Barcelona's streets, popping into shops and museums, interspersed with Spanish directors cursing Franco and Lee singing opera.

6.6

114 votes

6.6

114 votes

General Report II – The New Abduction of Europe

2015 · Documentary · 126 min. · Spain

Sequel

Direction Pere Portabella

Plot Portabella is putting forward the second part of one of his historic works, the “General report on certain matters of interest for a public screening”, which peeked out in 1976...

6.5

135 votes

6.5

135 votes

Vampir - Cuadecuc

1970 · Documentary · 70 min. · Spain

Horror Movie Documentary Experimental Cinema

Direction Pere Portabella

Cast Christopher Lee · Herbert Lom · Soledad Miranda · Jack Taylor

6.4

465 votes

6.4

465 votes

Aidez l'Espagne-Miró 1937 (S)

1969 · Documentary · 5 min. · Spain

Short Film

Direction Pere Portabella

Plot Short documentary based on the poster 'Aidez l'Espagne made by Joan Miró to help the Spanish Republic in 1937.

6.4

132 votes

6.4

132 votes

The Moment of Truth

1965 · Movie · 99 min. · Italy

Drama Melodrama Bullfighting

Direction Francesco Rosi

Cast Miguel Mateo · Linda Christian · José Gómez · Pedro Basauri

6.1

167 votes

6.1

167 votes

The Silencie Before Bach

2007 · Movie · 102 min. · Spain

Drama Music

Direction Pere Portabella

Cast Àlex Brendemühl · Feodor Atkine · Christian Brembeck · Daniel Ligorio

Plot Johan Sebastian Bach moves to Leipzig with his family. He has been asked to take the position of Canto at St. Thomas School. Bach, fervent devout and tireless worker, is...

6.1

1K votes

6.1

1K votes

Mudanza (S)

2008 · Documentary · 20 min. · Spain

Short Film

Direction Pere Portabella

6.0

152 votes

6.0

152 votes

Nocturne 29

1968 · Movie · 87 min. · Spain

Drama Experimental Cinema

Direction Pere Portabella

Cast Luis Ciges · Lucía Bosé · Antonio Saura · Mario Cabré

5.9

186 votes

5.9

186 votes

Puente de Varsovia (Pont de Varsòvia)

1990 · Movie · 105 min. · Spain

Drama

Direction Pere Portabella

Cast Carme Elías · Josep Maria Pou · Jordi Dauder · Francisco Guijar

Plot Pont de Varsòvia is dated 1989, the year of the fall of the Berlin Wall. If the predominant look in Nocturn 29 was that of the upper classes in the...

5.8

178 votes