St. 47 “The 47” won the Catalan Film Awards on Saturday night, taking home eight awards including one for best film.
The film previously won two Forqué Awards and received 14 Goya Award nominations. He also received the Catalan Film Awards for Best Leading Actor (Edouard Fernández) and Best Supporting Actress (Clara Segura) as well as the Audience Award. Other awards included Best Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and Best Special Effects.
47 It debuted in September 2024 and has become the highest-grossing Catalan-language film in history, with a box office to date of €3.3 million, after an opening weekend of €240,000.
Directed by Marcel Barrena, who co-wrote the screenplay with Alberto Marini, the film tells the true story of Barcelona's Torre Barro neighborhood, one of the city's many neighborhoods created by immigrants in the 1950s that are still underserved 20 years later. Including water, electricity and other public services. The '47' of the title is a bus driven by a determined resident, Manu Vittal, who is determined to prove the council authorities wrong when they ruled the streets were too narrow for a bus, and his decision to get behind the wheel of his own bus.
It is produced by Mediapro Studio, with the participation of Movistar Plus+, RTVE, 3Cat and Triodos Bank, supported by ICEC and funded by ICO. It is distributed by Contracurrent Films.
