miércoles, 28 de septiembre de 2011

Pa Negre, shot enterely in Catalan to represent Spain in the Oscars

After winning nine Goya awards, including best film, best director and best adapted screenplay, the film Pa Negre (Black Bread) was announced today by Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences for Best Foreign Language Film at next year´s Oscars. 
The film directed by Agustí Villaronga and starred by Francesc Colomer, Marina Comas and Nora  Navas, is an adaptation of the novel by Emili Teixidor.

It´s set in the post-war years´ Catalan countryside.
Andrew, a child that belongs to the losing side, finds the corpses of a man and his son in the forest. The authorities want his father to be made responsible of the deaths, but Andreu tries to help his father by finding out who truly killed them. In his research, Andreu develops a moral consciousness against a world of adults fed by lies. In order to survive, he betrays his own roots and ends up finding out the monster that lives within him.


 Task:
A. Rewite the following sentences about the film, the meaning should be the same as that in the sentence above.
1. The critics say that Pa Negre is created for mainstream audiences.
Pa Negre _________________________________
2. The movie is worth a rental at the very least.
You should________________________________
3. Black Bread is one of SFIFF´s more understated films, despite a few fairly grotesque moments.
Although__________________________________________
4. What does SFIFF stand for?
What´s_________________________________?
5. It´s the first time a film made in Catalan has been chosen to represent Spain at the Oscars.
A film ________________________________________before.
6. Director Agustí Villaronga said:" I feel the responsibility of representing Spain and for doing so in Catalan".
Agustí Villaronga ____________________________________.

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