Don't Count On Your Fingers (1967)
Overview
Pere Portabella’s first work as a director starts with the following phrase: “defeated…but not conquered”. This may or should be taken as an allusion to the technical K.O. taken by Portabella from Franco’s regime during the sixties as regards his work as a producer. Through the extremely raging playthings of the words of Catalan poet Joan Brossa, Portabella attempts to dismantle the forms of advertising discourse of that time.
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| Original Language | es |
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Directed By
Pere Portabella
Crew
Ramón Quadreny
Jordi Sangenís
Pere Portabella
Joan Brossa
Manuel Esteban Marquilles
Pere Portabella
Luis Cuadrado
Anne Settimó
Anne Settimó
Jaime Fernández-Cid
Susana Lemoine
Josep M. Mestres Quadreny
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