Nadia Werba

A documentary about pop culture and youth in Madrid, 1966.

Initially a made-to-order documentary on Spain, the film becomes an open-ended work-in-the-making about the creative process. “Settling in the Spanish capital to make a documentary, Hanoun sketches out for us the different steps involved in making a film. The author turns his hesitations, his doubts and difficult working conditions into the constituents of his work”. (Raphaël Bassan)

The San Juan celebrations in Soria are an explosion of popular joy centered around bullfighting events. The film offers an anthropological portrait of the festival.

At La Quica's flamenco academy and Enrique el Cojo's academy, the nature of "duende" is hinted at through the sensitivity of the instructors and their students.

The shooting diary of a film shot in France and in the United States. Using photos of Paris and of New York City, excerpts of his former films, statements by friends of his and shooting sequences of the film itself, tormented filmmaker Marcel Hanoun has made a heterogeneous and unclassifiable film about the difficulty of filming.

Halfway between choreography and combat, wrestling is an attractive spectacle for Madrid audiences. Its matches are a privileged place to explore contemporary society.

A documentary about pop culture and youth in Madrid, 1966.

A documentary about pop culture and youth in Madrid, 1966.

The San Juan celebrations in Soria are an explosion of popular joy centered around bullfighting events. The film offers an anthropological portrait of the festival.

At La Quica's flamenco academy and Enrique el Cojo's academy, the nature of "duende" is hinted at through the sensitivity of the instructors and their students.

Halfway between choreography and combat, wrestling is an attractive spectacle for Madrid audiences. Its matches are a privileged place to explore contemporary society.