2023 - 68th Edition
Memory and utopia

LUCHA DE CORAZONES

Joan Maria Codina
Spain
 - 1912

Loosely inspired by a true story that took place in the Catalan town of Solivella (Tarragona), which was brought to the stage by Àngel Guimerà, the film describes the dark love triangle between a woman and two men who meet in a road construction job. Screening with live sound creation by Abel Hernández.

Joan Maria Codina

He was born in Míravet (Tarragona) in 1870 and died in 1936. He was first exposed to the world of film in 1905 as a sales representative in Barcelona for the Valencia-based production company Casa Cuesta. In 1908 he adapted, together with Fructuós Gelaber, ‘Maria Rosa’, the play by Àngel Guimerà, for Films Barcelona. Between 1911 and 1913 he directed films for Casa Cuesta such as ‘Los siete niños de Écija’, ‘El lobo de la sierra’ or ‘Amor de bestia’, among others. In 1912 he adapted again Guimerà’s work with the same actors and Gelabert as cinematographer, this time moving away from the theatrical script. Later he began a fruitful professional relationship with Condal Film, with works such as ‘Pacto de lágrimas’ or ‘El signo de la tribu’, before participating in one of the most ambitious films of the moment (‘Los misterios de Barcelona’, 1916) and culminating his career at the production company Studio Films, for which he directed between 1918 and 1919 ‘Codicia’, ‘Mefisto’ or ‘El botón de fuego’.

DIRECTOR
Joan Maria Codina
SCREENPLAY
Joan Maria Codina
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Fructuós Gelabert
MUSIC
Abel Hernández
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Films Barcelona
CAST
Carlota de Mena, Llorenç Adría, Josep Claramunt
RUNNING TIME
43 min.
TYPE
Cortometraje
FORMAT
blanco y negro
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
1912
VERSION
No dialogue
COUNTRY
Spain
CONTACT
Filmoteca Española
WITH LIVE MUSIC BY ABEL HERNÁNDEZ
Restoration by Filmoteca Española

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