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''Companys, procés a Catalunya'' () is a 1979 Spanish Catalan
drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Josep Maria Forn Josep Maria Forn i Costa (; April 4, 1928 – October 3, 2021) was a Spanish actor, film producer and film director. He was born in Barcelona, and began making movies in the 1950s with the short-film ''Gaudí'' (1954) and some commercial movies. ...
, based on the last months of the life of the
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...
of
Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...
,
Lluís Companys Lluís Companys i Jover (; 21 June 1882 – 15 October 1940) was a Catalan politician who served as president of Catalonia, Spain from 1934 and during the Spanish Civil War. Companys was a lawyer close to the labour movement and one of the mo ...
, in which he shows his detention by the
Nazis Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During H ...
and his subsequent execution by the Spanish Francoists. It competed in the
Un Certain Regard (; 'A Certain Glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films with unusua ...
section at the
1979 Cannes Film Festival The 32nd Cannes Film Festival took place from 10 to 24 May 1979. French writer Françoise Sagan served as jury president for the main competition. The ''Palme d'Or'', the festival's top prize, was jointly awarded to ''Apocalypse Now'' by Francis ...
.


Cast

* Luis Iriondo - Lluís Companys * Marta Angelat - Àngela * Montserrat Carulla - Ramona Companys *
Xabier Elorriaga Xabier González Elorriaga (born 1 April 1944 in Maracaibo) is a Spanish film and TV actor, writer and director. Biography His exiled parents returned to Bilbao in Spain, in 1969 where he commenced studying Law, Engineering and the Merchant M ...
- Fortuny * Pau Garsaball - Miquel * Agustín González - Miembro del Tribunal * Alfred Lucchetti - Juez instructor *
Marta May Marta May, born María Jesús Mayor Ávila (14 June 1939) is a Spanish actress. In 1968, she was awarded by the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos for best actress in ''La piel quemada''. In 1975, Esteban Durán directed ''Algo de ti en e ...
- Carme Ballester * Biel Moll - Urraca Pastor *
Ovidi Montllor Ovidi Montllor (; 4 February 1942 in Alcoi, Spain – 10 March 1995 in Barcelona, Spain) was a Valencian singer-songwriter and actor. Career A native of Alcoi, at the age of 24 Montllor moved to Barcelona, where he was a member of various indepe ...
- Jordi * Conrado Tortosa 'Pipper' - García * Rafael Anglada - Martí


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* 1979 films Spanish drama films Catalan films 1970s Spanish-language films Catalan-language films 1979 drama films Films directed by Josep Maria Forn 1970s Spanish films {{1970s-Spain-film-stub