Francesc Betriu was a
Spanish
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filmmaker. He was born in the town of
Organyà
Organyà () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Comarques of Catalonia, ''comarca'' of the Alt Urgell in Catalonia. It is situated on the right bank of the Segre (river), Segre river below the Trespons gorge, and is served by the C-1 ...
,
Lleida
Lleida (, ; ; '' see below'') is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital and largest town in Segrià county, the Ponent region and the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It ...
in 1940.
''Corazón solitario'' marked his feature film debut in 1973, a film that is now rarely seen. This was followed by films such as ''Furia española'' (1974) and ''Los fieles sirvientes'' (1980). One of his best-known works is ''La plaça del Diamant'' (1982), an adaptation of a novel by
Mercè Rodoreda. He then adapted
Ramón J. Sender's 1953 short novel ''Réquiem por un campesino español'' (''
Requiem for a Spanish Peasant''; 1985; nominated for the
Golden Lion
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at the
Venice Film Festival
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) and
Raul Nunez's novel ''Sinatra'' (1988) for the screen. He also brought
Juan Marsé's play ''Un día volveré'' (1993) to television.
He died in 2020.
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Spanish film directors
Film directors from Catalonia
1940 births
2020 deaths
People from Alt Urgell