The Names of Christ

Els noms de Crist

Spain

2010

193 Min

Color

Catalan

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SCR Albert Serra, Fray Luis de León

DP Àngel Martín, Jimmy Gimferrer

CAST Albert Serra, Montse Triola, Román Bayarri, Nanu Ferrari, Jordi Pau, Victòria Aragonés, Gerard Teixidor, Lluís Carbó, Lluís Serrat

MUSIC Ferran Font, Enric Juncà, Joe Robinson, Marc Verdaguer

SOUND Jordi Ribas, Jaume Garcia, Joan Pons, Gerard Tàrrega

Locarno (Fuori concorso), Rotterdam (Spectrum)

Synopsis

Fourteen episodes of a television series based on the book “De los nombres de Cristo” (1586), by Fray Luis de León, created for the exhibition Esteu a punt per a la televisió? / Are you ready for TV?. Part of the film was shot inside the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Arts (MACBA). The series deals with the difficulty of naming and finding an image to depict abstract concepts. —Locarno Film Festival

Director

Albert Serra

Albert Serra was born in Banyoles, Catalunya, in 1975. A Hispanic Philology and Comparative Literature major from the Universidad of Barcelona, his first feature was Crespià, the Film not the Village (2002). He has written, produced and directed Honour of the Knights (Quixotic) (2006), selected by Cahiers du Cinéma as one of the top ten pictures of 2007. He has also written and directed Bird Song, which was premiered at Cannes 2008 and is now in this Festival’s competition. He’s currently working on a new film, and writing a play commissioned by the Teatre Lliure of Barcelona. —Mardelplatafilmfest.com