Plot
A documentary recreating the life of Catalan composer and pianist, Enrique Granados (1867-1916). It follows his trips to Madrid, Paris and New York, his sensitive nature, the struggle to make his way in life despite his family's economic circumstances, and his first successes. The film, uses archive images, interspersed with versions of the Granados repertoire by performers such as Rosa Torres-Pardo, Evgeny Kissin, Cañizares, Arcángel, Rocío Márquez, Carlos Álvarez and Nancy Fabiola Herrera, among others.
Full Cast and Crew
Premiere:
23.10.2018
Director:
Arantxa Aguirre
Guion:
Arantxa Aguirre
Film Editing:
Sergio Deustua
Cinematography:
José Luis López Linares
Cast:
Jordi Mollá
Emma Suárez
Music:
Enrique Granados
Other:
Rosa Torres-Pardo
Elisabet Ros
Julien Favreau
Cuarteto Bretón
Cañizares
Ana María Valderrama
Luis del Valle
Carlos Álvarez
Nancy Fabiola Herrera
Rocío Márquez
Alexis Delgado
Arcángel
Adolfo Gutiérrez Arrenas
Patricia Guerrero
Walter Aaron Clark
Miriam Perandones
Jorge de Persia
Jaime Martín
Joaquín Soriano
Arantxa Aguirre
Born in Madrid, Arantxa
Aguirre has a PH in Spanish Literature and has published Buñuel, A
Reader of Galdós (Pérez Galdós Award,
2003) and 34 Actors Talk About Their Job, as a sequel of her documentary film Hécuba, nominated to Goya Award
in 2007. She has worked as assistant director of Mario Camus, Almodóvar,
Basilio M. Patino or Carlos Saura, among other filmmakers. Her documentary
films include the award-winning Le coeur et le courage (2010), American swan in Paris (2011) and Dancing Beethoven (2016) -also nominated to Goya, Forqué and Platino Awards-, released in
theaters in several countries. Love and Death. The story of Enrique Granados is her last work.