Black Bread

This article is about the Catalan film. For the type of bread, see Rye bread.
Pa negre
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAgustí Villaronga
Screenplay byAgustí Villaronga
Based onPa negre
by Emili Teixidor
Produced byIsona Passola
Starring
CinematographyAntonio Riestra
Production
companies
Massa d'Or Produccions
TVC
TVE
Release dates
  • 21 September 2010 (2010-09-21) (San Sebastián)
  • 15 October 2010 (2010-10-15) (Spain)
Running time
108 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageCatalan
Budget$6,000,000
Box office$3,784,105[1]

Black Bread (Catalan: Pa negre, IPA: [ˈpa ˈnɛɣɾə]) is a 2010 Catalan-language Spanish drama film written and directed by Agustí Villaronga. The screenplay is based on the homonymous novel by Emili Teixidor, with elements from two other works by him, Retrat d'un assassí d'ocells and Sic transit Gloria Swanson.[2]

The film won thirteen Gaudí Awards,[3] nine Goya Awards, including best film, best director and best adapted screenplay. It clinched a selection as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards,[4][5] becoming the first Catalan-language film to do so, but it was not make the shortlist.

  1. ^ "Black Bread 2014 Re-release".
  2. ^ «Agustí Villaronga roda "Pa negre", adaptació de la novel·la d'Emili Teixidor», 3cat24.cat, 20 July 2009.
  3. ^ "'Pa Negre' triumphs at Gaudí Awards with 13 prizes including Best Film and Best Director". Catalan News Agency. 18 January 2011. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013.
  4. ^ ""PA NEGRE" REPRESENTARÁ A ESPAÑA EN LOS OSCAR". CBC. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
  5. ^ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-14.