The 47

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The 47
The 47 poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
CatalanEl 47
Directed by Marcel Barrena
Screenplay by
Produced by
  • Laura Fdez. Espeso
  • Javier Méndez
Starring
CinematographyIsaac Vila
Edited byNacho Ruiz Capillas
Music byArnau Bataller
Production
company
Distributed by A Contracorriente Films
Release date
  • 6 September 2024 (2024-09-06)
CountrySpain
Languages
  • Catalan
  • Spanish
Box office 4.0 million

The 47 (Catalan: El 47) is a 2024 drama film directed by Marcel Barrena and written by Barrena and Alberto Marini. It stars Eduard Fernández alongside Clara Segura and Zoe Bonafonte.

Contents

Plot

Barcelona. 1978. Incensed by the contempt faced by impoverished Extremaduran and Andalusian immigrant communities in the city outskirts, bus driver Manolo Vital hijacks a vehicle of the 47 bus line, in order to debunk the local government's lie that buses could not reach the Torre Baró neighborhood. [1] [2] [3]

Cast

Production

The screenplay was written by Marcel Barrena and Alberto Marini. [7] The film is a The Mediapro Studio production. [7] It had the participation of Movistar Plus+, RTVE, 3Cat, and Triodos Bank, the backing from ICEC and funding from ICO. [8] It was shot in between June and July 2023. [9] Shooting locations in the province of Barcelona included Plaça de Catalunya, the Barcelona City Hall, and the Torre Baró neighborhood. [9]

Valeria Castro composed the film's main song, "El borde del mundo". [10]

Release

Distributed by A Contracorriente Films, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 6 September 2024 in 175 screens. [8] [11] [12] It grossed over €240,000 in its opening weekend, with the seventh-largest gross and second-best gross per screen ratio in the Spanish box office. [12]

By February 2025, the film had grossed around 3.4 million. [13] By March 2025, it had grossed around €4 million. [14]

Reception

Blai Morell of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be "a splendid film that deals about the neighborhood struggle as an engine of change in the search for the common good", highlighting the "spectacular" work delivered by the "entire" cast as the best thing about it. [15]

Toni Vall of Cinemanía rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, considering it to be Barrena's best film, "a work of craftsmanship, everything [in it] exudes authenticity". [16]

Philipp Engel of La Vanguardia , rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, declaring it a "good film, full of good intentions as it appeals to solidarity and civil movements" [rallying no other banner] "than that of just causes", while also pointing out that "it never ceases to be a conventional and predictable" story. [17]

The film did not fully please the colleagues of Manolo Vital in neighborhood and political activism; they criticised a biased narrative in the film depicting Vital as a lone hero, shunning his membership in the Workers' Commissions (CC.OO.) and the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC). [18]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
2024
30th Forqué Awards Best Film Won [19]
Cinema and Education in ValuesWon
2025
17th Gaudí Awards Best FilmWon
Best DirectorMarcel BarrenaNominated
Best Original ScreenplayMarcel Barrena, Alberto MariniNominated
Best ActorEduard FernándezWon
Best Supporting ActressBetsy TúrnezNominated
Clara SeguraWon
Best Supporting ActorCarlos CuevasNominated
David VerdaguerNominated
Best New PerformanceZoe BonafonteNominated
Best Production SupervisionCarlos ApolinarioWon
Best Original ScoreArnau BatallerNominated
Best CinematographyIsaac VilaNominated
Best EditingNacho Ruiz CapillasNominated
Best Art DirectionMarta BazacoNominated
Best Costume DesignOlga Rodal, Irantzu OrtizWon
Best Makeup and HairstylesKarol TornariaWon
Best SoundEva Valiño, Fabiola Ordoyo, Yasmina PraderasNominated
Best Visual EffectsLaura Canals, Iván López HernándezWon
Special Audience AwardWon
12th Feroz Awards Best Screenplay in a Film Marcel Barrena, Beto MariniNominated [22]
Best Supporting Actress in a Film Clara SeguraWon
Best Original Soundtrack Arnau BatallerNominated
4th Carmen Awards Best Non-Andalusian Produced FilmNominated [23]
79th CEC Medals Best FilmNominated [24] [25]
Best DirectorMarcel BarrenaNominated
Best Original ScreenplayAlberto Marini, Marcel BarrenaNominated
Best ActorEduard FernándezNominated
Best Supporting ActorSalva ReinaNominated
Best Supporting ActressClara SeguraNominated
Best New ActressZoe BonafonteNominated
Best CinematographyIsaac VilaNominated
Best EditingNacho Ruiz CapillasNominated
Best MusicArnau BatallerNominated
39th Goya Awards Best Film Won [26]
Best Original Screenplay Alberto Marini, Marcel BarrenaNominated
Best Supporting Actress Clara SeguraWon
Best Supporting Actor Salva ReinaWon
Best New Actress Zoe BonafonteNominated
Best Cinematography Isaac VilaNominated
Best Editing Nacho Ruiz CapillasNominated
Best Original Score Arnau BatallerNominated
Best Art Direction Marta BazacoNominated
Best Production Supervision Carlos ApolinarioWon
Best Original Song "El borde del mundo" by Valeria CastroNominated
Best Costume Design Irantzu Ortiz, Olga RodalNominated
Best Makeup and Hairstyles Karol TornaríaNominated
Best Special Effects Laura Canals, Iván López HernándezWon
33rd Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Film Actress in a Secondary RoleClara SeguraWon [27]
Best Film Actor in a Minor RoleCarlos CuevasWon
Best New ActressZoe BonafonteWon
12th Platino Awards Best Ibero-American Film Pending [28]
Best Supporting Actress Clara SeguraPending

See also

References

  1. "Arranca el rodaje de 'El 47' en el barrio de Torre Baró de Barcelona". Metrópoli Abierta. 26 June 2023 via El Español.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Cazallas, Javier (14 June 2024). "El 47, la película basada en hechos reales de Marcel Barrena, ya tiene fecha de estreno en cines". HobbyConsolas .
  3. Jones, Holly (29 June 2023). "The Mediapro Studio, 'Mediterraneo' Director Marcel Barrena Begin Filming Social Justice Drama 'The 47' in Barcelona". Variety .
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (1 September 2024). "Los estrenos del 6 de septiembre. 'El 47'. Derecho al respeto". Aisge.
  5. "El 47" (PDF). Cines Renoir. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  6. Beraldi, Camila (6 September 2024). "'El 47' llega a la gran pantalla". La Vanguardia .
  7. 1 2 Juesas, María (27 June 2024). "Teaser en primicia de 'El 47', protagonizada por Eduard Fernández sobre el autobús que transformó Barcelona". Fotogramas .
  8. 1 2 "Eduard Fernández se sube al volante de "El 47"". La Razón . 14 June 2024.
  9. 1 2 "Concluye en Barcelona el rodaje de la película "El 47", dirigida por Marcel Barrena". Infobae . 26 July 2023.
  10. "Estreno de "El 47"". El Periódico de Catalunya . Prensa Ibérica. 4 September 2024.
  11. "Más de 300 empleados de TMB asisten a un preestreno exclusivo de 'El 47'". La Vanguardia . 6 September 2024.
  12. 1 2 Serra, Xavi (9 September 2024). "'El 47', segona millor estrena en català de l'última dècada". Ara .
  13. Mayorga, Emilio (9 February 2025). "Local hits 'The 47', 'Undercover' share top prize at Spain's Goya Awards; 'Emilia Perez' wins best European film". ScreenDaily .
  14. Serra, Xavi (16 March 2025). "'Wolfgang' fa història: ja és la millor estrena del cinema en català". Ara .
  15. Morell, Blai (6 September 2024). "Crítica de 'El 47', para quienes creen en las causas justas". Fotogramas .
  16. Vall, Toni (5 September 2024). "Crítica de 'El 47': una obra de artesano, todo desprende autenticidad". Cinemanía via 20minutos.es.
  17. Engel, Philipp (6 September 2024). "El motor de un autobús". La Vanguardia .
  18. Sus, Toni (9 April 2025). "CCOO 'secuestra' otra vez el bus 47 para denunciar que la película sobre Manolo Vital oculta que era del sindicato". El Periódico de Catalunya . Prensa Ibérica.
  19. Zurro, Javier (14 December 2024). "'El 47' triunfa en los Premios Forqué y marca el territorio de cara a los Goya". eldiario.es .
  20. "EN DIRECTE | Premis Gaudí 2025: "El 47" i "Casa en flames" parteixen com a favorites". 3/24 . 18 January 2025 via 3Cat.
  21. "'El 47' gana el premio especial del público en los Gaudí". Europa Press . 18 January 2025.
  22. Abenia, Enrique (26 January 2025). "Palmarés completo de los Premios Feroz 2025: 'Salve María' emerge entre 'Casa en llamas', 'Querer' y Almodóvar". Cinemanía via 20minutos.es.
  23. "'Solos en la noche' y 'Rita' encabezan los IV Premios Carmen del Cine Andaluz, que se celebrarán en Córdoba". Cordópolis. 17 December 2024 via eldiario.es.
  24. "'El 47' y 'La infiltrada' dominan las nominaciones de la 80 edición de las Medallas del CEC". Kinótico. 7 January 2025.
  25. "'La infiltrada' triunfa en las Medallas CEC y logra su primera victoria lejos de la taquilla justo antes de los Premios Goya". Kinótico. 3 February 2025.
  26. Partearroyo, Daniel de (18 December 2024). "Premios Goya 2025: 'El 47' domina con 14 nominaciones, seguida de 'La infiltrada'". Cinemanía via 20minutos.es.
  27. Mantilla, Daniel (10 March 2025). "Karla Sofía Gascón se redime en España con un premio en la 33 edición de la Unión de Actores". Kinótico.
  28. Vicencio, Miguel (14 March 2025). "Nominados a los Premios Platino 2025: Lista completa". Vogue .