Film Record: Hombre Importante. Prejuicios, El = Important Man. Prejudices, The

Still from Hombre Importante. Prejuicios, El via Filmoteca de Catalunya

Identifier:

• 02897.P/01 (Source: Filmoteca de Catalunya)

Date produced: 1935

Filmmaker(s):

Domènec Giménez Botey

Country of Production:

Catalonia

Languages:

Spanish

Duration:

00:16:38

Length:

393 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

First prize in the IV International Amateur Film Contest (“story” category)

Description:

(Catalan): Història d'un home que es creu important, que està carregat de prejudicis i que duu una màscara per mostrar una aparença de persona seriosa i culta. Però quan se la treu, en la intimitat, deixa de fingir i és feliç. Un dia, al tramvia, coneix una noia que l'ajuda a desprendre's de la màscara que porta gairebé sempre posada.

Story of a man who acts as if he is important and who wears a mask to show the appearance of a serious and cultured person. But when he takes it out, in the intimacy of the home, he stops pretending and is able to relax and be happy. One day, on the tram, he meets a girl who helps him get rid of the mask by cutting loose of all of his prejudices. [Description from the Filmoteca de Catalunya catalog]

Resources:

Tomàs Freixa, Jordi; Beorlegui Tous, Albert; Romaguera Ramió, Joaquim (col.). EL CINEMA AMATEUR A CATALUNYA. Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya. Institut Català de les Indústries Culturals, 2009, p. 402. FILMOGRAFIA DE DOMÈNEC GIMÉNEZ I BOTEY

Locations:

• Barcelona, Spain (Filming)

Club Affiliation:

Centre Excursionista de Catalunya (CEC)

Genre:

• Social problem

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Filmoteca de Catalunya

Screenings:

• Barcelona (IV International Amateur Film Contest, 1935): Madrid, Spain
• Agrupación de Cine Amateur de Madrid, 1939: Madrid, Spain

Video Link:

• via vimeo.com

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