Cuba libre
Albert Serra pays tribute to Rainer Werner Fassbinder in a nightclub filled with characters taken, it would seem, straight from his idol’s films. A stifling atmosphere, drops of sweat on the forehead of a black singer, an alarming exchange of glances. Lluís Serrat, wearing a leather vest and his characteristic sunglasses, plays the role of Fassbinder.
Albert Serra
A Catalonian director and producer, was born in Banyoles in 1975. He studied Spanish and Comparative Philology at the University of Barcelona. His second film, Honor of the Knights, a loose adaptation of the story of Don Quixote, appeared in the section Quinzaine des Réalisateurs at Cannes in 2006. Serra’s second film of 2008, Birdsong, found itself in the program Un Certain Regard, a prestigious section of the Cannes festival, and it was also recognized as the best Catalonian film of the year. The new one Liberté received Special Jury Prize of Un Certain Regard.
Selected filmography
2003 Crespiá
2006 Honor rycerza / Honor de cavallería / Honor of the Knights
2008 Śpiew ptaków / El cant dels ocells / Birdsong
2010 Imiona Chrystusa / Els noms de Crist / The Names of Christ
2013 Historia mojej śmierci / Història de la meva mort / The Story of My Death
2016 Śmierć Ludwika XIV / La mort de Louis XIV / The Death of Louis XIV
2018 Roi Soleil
2019 Liberté