La doble vida del faquir (The magicians) returns to the scene of a school in the Catalan town of Sant Julià de Vilatorta where, in 1937, in the midst of civil war, a film-maker in hiding and a group of orphaned children dressed up as sultans and explorers shot an exotic adventure film. The films protagonists relive those childhood days when they were able to switch their school smocks for oriental turbans, while reality imposed its own fancy dress ball with military uniforms and priests dressed in civilian garb.
Directors: Elisabet Cabeza, Esteve Riambau
Cast: Joan Altamira, Xavier Bagué Bonfill, Jordi Bertran, Joaquín Jordá, María Teresa Pascual, Artur Pous, Lluís Ros, Carmina Sagués
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La doble vida del faquir (The magicians) returns to the scene of a school in the Catalan town of Sant Julià de Vilatorta where, in 1937, in the midst of civil war, a film-maker in hiding and a group of orphaned children dressed up as sultans and explorers shot an exotic adventure film. The films protagonists relive those childhood days when they were able to switch their school smocks for oriental turbans, while reality imposed its own fancy dress ball with military uniforms and priests dressed in civilian garb.
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La doble vida del faquir (The magicians) returns to the scene of a school in the Catalan town of Sant Julià de Vilatorta where, in 1937, in the midst of civil war, a film-maker in hiding and a group o…
1h 30m
September 19, 2005
Elisabet Cabeza, Esteve Riambau
Joan Altamira, Xavier Bagué Bonfill, Jordi Bertran
Documentary, History