Film director and screenwriter Agusti Villaronga has passed away this Sunday at the age of 69, as reported by the Catalan Film Academy. Villaronga leaves a track record of wide national and international recognition, with more than 20 films and one latest work, ‘Loli Tormenta’, which is expected to hit theaters in 2023.
The most popular movie villaronga it was ‘Pa Negre‘, a feature film that won nine Goya awards and 13 Gaudí awards, being the first film in Catalan selected to represent Spain at the Oscars.
In addition, Villaronga led other films such as ‘the belly of the sea‘, with which he won the Biznaga de Oro for Best Spanish Film in 2021; ‘Behind the glass‘, ‘the child of the moon‘, which had ten Goya nominations, winning Best Original Screenplay, or ‘uncertain glory‘.
“Our most sincere condolences to the family, friends and colleagues”, they conveyed from the Catalan Film Academy.
Source: Lasexta
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