BarcelonaFilm Commission
El maestro que prometió el mar
A.K.A:
The Teacher Who Promised the Sea
Shooting:
2022
Release:
2023
Type:
Feature Film
Director:
Patrícia Font
Production Co.:
Minoria Absoluta, Lastor Media, Filmax, Mestres Films AIE
Country:
Spain
Based on:
The book "Desenterrant el silenci. Antoni Benaiges, el mestre que va prometre el mar" by Francesc Escribano
Actors:
Enric Auquer, Laia Costa, Luisa Gavasa, Ramón Agirre, Milo Taboada, Nicolás Calvo, Alba Hermoso, Gael Aparício
Synopsis:
The film delves into the life of Antoni Benaiges. He was a teacher from Mont-Roig del Camp in Baix Camp. In 1935m he was assigned to the public school in Bañuelos de Bureba, a small town in Burgos. Thanks to a pioneering and revolutionary teaching methodology for the time, he begins to transform the lives of his students. He also changes the people of the town. Something that is not always to everyone's liking.
The film was shot in Ametlla del Vallès, Barcelona, Gualba, Llinars del Vallès (Parc de Montnegre i Corredor), Mura, Vilanova i la Geltrú and Burgos.
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