José María Forn Movies
José María Forn has worked extensively in Spanish cinema as an actor and in various offscreen capacities. A native of Barcelona, Forn started out doing menial jobs within the film industry, eventually making his feature directorial debut with Yo Maté/I Killed (1955). As a director, he has specialized in making films centered in and about his native Catalonia. In 1952, Forn created the P.C. Teide production company. Forn has acted as owner and manager of the company since 1958 and has played a vital role in promoting the careers of other Catalonian filmmakers. In 1975, Forn co-founded the Institut de Cinema Català. In 1986, Forn served as the General Manager of Cinematographic Affairs to the Catalan Government. During the '80s, Forn retired from films but he returned to filmmaking in 1991 with Ho Sap el Ministre?/Does the Minister Know? In 1998, Forn developed the thriller Subjudice. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Veteran filmmaker Josep Maria Forn directed this Spanish thriller about sexual harassment. When feminist attorney Elena (Silvia Munt) tells stockbroker Sergi (Abel Folk) she's wants a child, he responds by informing her that he had a vasectomy. With the support of her friend Cati (Pepa Lopez), Elena takes on the case of Paula (Iciar Bollain), a woman who says she was sexually harassed by her ex-boss. As the case becomes a major news story, Sergi discovers that the accused is one of his biggest clients, mayoral candidate Andreu (Jordi Dauder), who is advised by his lawyer Pau (Josep Maria Pou). A knotty twist develops when it becomes evident to Elena that she will be put in the awkward position of cross-examining her own lover about his affair with Paula. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Starring:
- Silvia Munt, Abel Folk, (more)
- 1980
The angst of middle age attacks an otherwise level-headed advertising executive in this routine drama from Jaime Camino. The unhappy ad man punches out a traffic cop in the middle of yet another exasperating gridlock and ends up on the wrong side of a set of bars to cool his ardor for awhile. After he gets out, he makes friends with a bank robber and brings him home, where long involved exchanges with his wife do nothing to help him make up his mind about his mid-life crisis. Meandering from pillar to post, both the ad exec and the script seem to have become lost at sea. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Juan Luis Galiardo, Fiorella Faltoyano, (more)
- 1979
The last president of Catalonia, Lluis Companys i Jover, escaped to France after the Spanish Civil War, but was returned to Spain by the Vichy (collaborationist) government in 1940. He was later tried and executed, presumably for treason. This Catalan and Spanish-language movie follows his story from the fall of Barcelona to Franco's troops, to the time of Companys' capture and imprisonment. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- 1979
Two wealthy and powerful Catalan families have gathered at the Martis mansion to celebrate the betrothal of their children. The alliance between these aristocratic families is taking place for expedient reasons: romance has no place in the conveniently arranged upcoming marriage, except by convention. Awkward speeches are made by the two families gathered in the house of the bride's family. Meanwhile, the family piano teacher and Fina's future husband have gone off for a little privacy, and they have a sexual interlude. They are interrupted by the boy's father, who sends the teacher away and takes the chastened boy downstairs for the obligatory cheerful photographs. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Isabel Mestres
- 1978
Ocana is a transvestite homosexual performer and painter who lives near Las Ramblas in Barcelona. In this documentary, he recalls his life. The film is interspersed with footage of, among other things, religious celebrations, gay-rights marches, and scenes showing Ocana singing a saeta. He recounts how he came to be where he is, beginning with his childhood in Andalusia ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
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