The burning chapel of Carlos Saura, who died last Friday at the age of 91, opened this afternoon at the Madrid Film Academy presided over by a photograph of him, he Goya of Honor which he received and to the sound of Calanda’s drums, which appeared in his film “Pippermint Frappé”.
They have come to this tribute various public figures like Pedro Almodóvar, who has not hesitated to remember him with some emotional words.
The film director has revealed that he loved the words that relatives of Carlos Saura pronounced at the Goya. “It seems to me that they were exemplary,” she indicated, acknowledging that she was very surprised to see how they came out to speak on stage when his father had just died.
“For Eulalia to thank the health workers at a time as delicate as the one we are going through, it seemed very appropriate to me and I have told her so,” he stressed.
After 12:00 p.m. on the stage that houses the burning chapel, and where the filmmaker’s widow and children are already. Ten drummers have attended the opening of the wake, which relatives of Carlos Saura had already arrived before, where numerous media and a security device have gathered and which is expected to be attended by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez.
In addition to the photograph of Saura, in the scenery set up in the burning chapel you can see a montage with images from his films, a director’s chair with a red flower, a hat that he used and glasses, as well as a camera that he made himself.
has also met a series of artistic works that the filmmaker baptized as ‘Photosaurus’, made with a drawing and painting technique on photographic enlargements, with which he made several exhibitions.
During this day, numerous relatives, friends and colleagues will pay a last tribute to one of the most great Spanish filmmakers of history.
The director of such emblematic titles of Spanish cinema like ‘Cría cuervos’, ‘La caza’ or ‘Flamenco’ passed away on the eve of receiving the Goya of Honor from the Film Academy at the ceremony that took place last Saturday at the Andalucía Auditorium in Seville.
The award was collected on his behalf by his widow, the actress Eulalia Ramón, and two of her seven childrenAntonio and Anna, at the opening of a gala that turned emotionally towards the Aragonese director and in which the current generation of filmmakers claimed their influence and legacy.
Source: Lasexta
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