1. The first contacts Pere Portabella made with the world of cinema came in 1958, where he met Leopoldo Pomes in order to make a documentary on bullfighting.
12 Facts About Pere Portabella
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Pere Portabella took on the role of producer, while the co-director of the short film was Carlos Saura.
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In 1960, Los golfos was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, where Pere Portabella met Luis Bunuel.
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Pere Portabella convinced Bunuel to return to Spain and shoot Viridiana.
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In 1965, Pere Portabella wrote II Momento Della Verita of Francesco Rosi.
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Pere Portabella subsequently collaborated with Miro on a series of films for the Fondation Maeght.
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In 2007 Pere Portabella directed The Silence Before Bach, which explored the relationship between the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and imagery.
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Pere Portabella was elected Senator during Spain's first democratic elections in 1977.
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Pere Portabella participated in the drafting of the Spanish Constitution.
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Pere Portabella has been a member of the Parliament of Catalonia.
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Since 2001 Pere Portabella is the president of Fundacion Alternativas, a Spanish think tank.
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Pere Portabella's nephew Ricardo Portabella is a Spanish millionaire linked to the Danone group.