Sinopsis
Fiction. Year of 1962. In the gloomy post-war period in Spain, Darman is an Englishman who travels to Madrid, where his mission is to kill a mole spy who infiltrated the organization of the clandestine Communist Party. In order to find his victim, Darman starts an affair with Rebecca, the most beautiful and expensive prostitute in Madrid, who happens to be the lover of the man he is looking for…
Miró studied Journalism and Law, graduating also at the Official School of Cinematography, where she also taught. She worked at the public television studios TVE since 1960 as an editorial assistant and producer. It has sometimes been said that her job as a female producer during the second half of the 1970s made her the forerunner in introducing democratic and progressive values into her work for television, especially in the episodes she was responsible for in the TV series Curro Jiménez and Los libros. She went from the small screen into the world of feature films, writing and directing several movies. In 1982 she became the General Director of Cinematography until 1985 and from this position, she promoted a structural change in the Spanish film creation whereby quality improved, although this had a negative impact on the number of films being produced. From her position of responsibility, she played a decisive role in recovering the A category of FIAPF in the San Sebastian International Film Festival, where she sent a great deal of the state grants initially intended for other Spanish film festivals. In 1985 she came back to filmmaking and directed Werther. In 1986 she accepted a political position again and directed the Spanish Radio and Television Agency until 1989, and during this period, she finally succeeded in opening the mythical Buñuel Studios in 1988. Throughout her career, she has obtained many awards for films such as El perro del hortelano, winner of seven Goya Awards, including the Goya for Best Direction, and for other films she directed, such as El crimen de Cuenca, Prince of Shadows (Beltenebros) and El pájaro de la felicidad. The same year she passed away, in 1997, she directed the theater play El anzuelo de Fenisa, by Lope de Vega.
November 14th, 2020. 10 pm
8Madrid TV
Section: Films by Women at 8Madrid TV
Year of Production: 1991
Running Time: 114’
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
Director: Pilar Miró
Screenplay: Pilar Miró (with Mario Camus and Juan Antonio Porto)
Cast: Terence Stamp, Patsy Kensit, José Luis Gómez, Geraldine James and Simón Andreu
Production: Andrés Vicente Gómez
Production Companies: X Y Z Desarrollos and Floradora Distributors
International Sales: Universal Pictures International Spain
Main Festivals and Awards: Winner of the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival and of three Goya Awards to Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Special Effects
