Miralles

Maria Mauti / Spain, Mexico / 2024 / World Premiere / 90 min.

synopsis

Enric Miralles, one of the most gifted Spanish architects of his generation, died prematurely in 2000 at the age of 45. He found his final resting place in Barcelona's Igualada Cemetery, which embodies everything that characterised Miralles' work. In the seemingly unfinished space of the forest burial ground, it is difficult to separate the inside from the outside, and nature permeates the architecture. The documentary portrait of an extraordinary personality unfolds as a dialogue between the author's lyrical subject and Miralles' presence in the buildings he designed. The architect himself saw his work almost musically, as a “variation of the same thing”, the same motif and melody. The documentary film, which introduces us to eleven of Miralles' exceptional buildings, is in tune with this wave. Whether it's the Santa Caterina market in Barcelona, the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh or the boarding school in Morell, there is always a clear imprint of the same authorial hand. An artist always defying conventions and, above all, all boundaries, real and imaginary.

“Moving with freedom through different places and floating in the city of Barcelona, the narrator's voice, written by one of the most interesting Spanish authors of the moment Sara Mesa, talks to a ghost; it searches for him, evokes him in its spaces, asks questions about his architectures, crossing the threshold between death and life.”

Quote source: FilmFreeway

biography

Maria Mauti (1974) je italská dokumentaristka. Začínala natáčením záznamů hudebních koncertů, oper a tanečních představení pro VOD platformu Sky’s Classica HD. Její dokumentární film L’Amatore (2016), pojednávající o italském architektu Piero Portaluppim, byl promítán na festivalech v Locarnu a Rotterdamu.

more about film

director:	Maria Mauti
cast:	Pep Ambròs
producer:	Antonio Chavarrías
script:	Sara Mesa, Maria Mauti
photography:	Ciro Frank Schiappa
editing:	Núria Esquerra
music:	Anahit Simonian
sound:	Bernat Fortiana, Leo Dogan, Lucía Herrera
sound design:	Eva Valiño
executive producer:	Alba Bosc Duran
production manager:	Maria Riera