Period dramas- El Mestre Que Va Prometre El Mar (The teacher who promised the sea) (2023)
7,7/10 ⭐ on IMDB
The film focuses on the life of Antoni Benaiges , a teacher from Mont-roig del Camp, in the Baix Camp, in Tarragona, Catalunya, who in 1935 was sent to the public school in Bañuelos de Bureba, a small town in the province of Burgos, Castilla la Vieja (Castilla y León). Little by little, and thanks to a pioneering and revolutionary teaching methodology for the time, he will begin to transform the lives of his students, but also that of the town, which is not always to everyone's taste.
It's based on the book of the same name by Francesc Escribano and has been adapted for the big screen by Albert Val, and its director is Patrícia Font.
To tell the story of Antoni Benaiges (Enric Auquer), the film interweaves past and present and the master's story will be known through the eyes of Ariadna (Laia Costa), a woman looking for her great-grandfather who disappeared during the Civil War.
The producers of the film wanted to emphasize the essence of this exciting story: " 'El mestre que va prometre el mar' is a great story that has been unfairly forgotten for many years. With this film we are repairing an oblivion and at the same time valuing the work of the republican teachers and recognizing the struggle of so many people who still continue to search for their relatives buried anonymously in mass graves. An exciting and fully valid story.
Part of the technical team is made up of David Valldepérez, director of photography; Josep Rosell, art director; Dani Arregui, editor, and Natasha Arizu, composer, among other professionals.
The film is shot for six weeks in various locations in the demarcation of Barcelona, in Mura, and in Briviesca (Burgos). It is a production of Minoria Absoluta, Lastor Media, Filmax and Mestres Films AIE.
RTVE and TV3 participate and it has the support of the ICAA and the ICEC . Filmax is in charge of distribution to cinemas.
Length: 1 h 45 min
Premiere: November 10th 2023
Cast
Enric Auquer: Antoni Benaiges
Laia Costa: Ariadna
Luisa Gavasa: Charo
Ramón Agirre: Adult Ramón
Gael Aparicio: Carlos
Alba Hermoso: Josefina
Nicolás Calvo: Emilio
Antonio Mora: Mayor
Milo Taboada: Priest Primitivo
Jorge Da Rocha: Camilo
Eduardo Ferrés: Rodríguez
Alba Guilera: Laura
Laura Conejero: Rosa
Xavi Francés: Education inspector
David Climent: Falangist Chief
Felipe García Vélez: Adult Carlos
Elisa Crehuet: Adult Josefina
Padi Padilla: Encarna
Alicia Reyero: Ángeles
Gema Sala: Jacinta
Alía Torres: Ariadna's daughter
Carlos Troya: Bernardo Ramírez
Arnau Casanovas: Portraitist
Laura Gaja: Elvira
María Escoda: Juana
Chus Gutiérrez: Archivist
Joan Scufesis: Sergio
Cristina Murillo: Residency nurse
Sara Madrid: Hiker
Pep Linares: Falangist waiter
Albert Malla: Radio announcer
Izan Barragán: Leandro (School boy)
Didac Cano: Casimiro (School boy)
Hernán Gracia: Eulogio (School boy)
Noa Guillén: Asunción (School girl)
Ona Macía: Saturnina (School girl)
Elena Moreno: Dionisia (School girl)
Gal-La Petit: Hilaria (School girl)
Genís Lama: Falangist
