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Érase un vez Juan Marsé
On the occasion of awarding the Cervantes Prize to the Catalan writer Juan Marsé on 23 April 2009, family members, friends and writers offer a sincere portrait of the best chronicler of life in Barcelona, Catalonia, during the post-war period and the worst days of the General Franco dictatorship, in the forties and fifties, and during the economic development and the hard conquest of freedom, in the sixties and seventies.
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On the occasion of awarding the Cervantes Prize to the Catalan writer Juan Marsé on 23 April 2009, family members, friends and writers offer a sincere portrait of the best chronicler of life in Barcelona, Catalonia, during the post-war period and the worst days of the General Franco dictatorship, in the forties and fifties, and during the economic development and the hard conquest of freedom, in the sixties and seventies.
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Genre:Documentary
Written By:Núria Villazán, Carlos Zanón
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Runtime:58 minutes
Studio:Alea Docs & Films, TVE
Cast
Pedro Ballesteros
Director
Mercè Montalà
Self - Narrator (voice)
Ramón Canals
Literary Censor (voice)
Juan Marsé
Self - Writer
Berta Marsé
Self - Marsé's Daughter
Sergi Pàmies
Self - Writer
José Martí Gómez
Self - Journalist
Joan de Sagarra
Self - Journalist
Carmen Balcells
Self - Literary Agent
Javier Cercas
Self - Writer
Josep Maria Cuenca
Self - Marsé's Biographer
Gustavo Martín Garzo
Self - Writer
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