The documentary feature film 'Benito Pérez Buñuel' is directed by Luis Roca based on the original idea of the film's producer, Marta de Santa Ana, with the participation in the curating of the philologist and filmmaker Aranxta Aguirre and the support of the Institute Cervantes and Spanish Cultural Action.
In 2020 the centenary of the death of the writer Benito Pérez Galdós and the 120 years of the birth of the film director Luis Buñuel coincided. "Benito Pérez Buñuel" is a film about the convergences of two great universal creators that vindicates the validity of both today. The film is told from the perspective of a film director, the same as the film, who investigates and discovers these convergences at the same time as the viewer.
'Benito Pérez Buñuel' mixes formats and genres with a bold narrative that keeps the viewer captivated during the 74-minute duration. The documentary includes quotes from Galdós, films by Buñuel, and animated films and interviews. The story of both creators is told to make it accessible to new audiences as well as viewers initiated into them. 'Benito Pérez Buñuel' is an agile and close documentary aimed at a wide audience that claims the transcendental role of both creators in the future of culture.
The journey that the documentary makes through the Canary Islands, Calanda, Madrid, Mexico City and Santa Bárbara was in the original script, but its stops were carried out, and the script of the film modulated, as the financing of the film was seeking it. . 'Benito Pérez Buñuel' is a production by Marta de Santa Ana Pulido with financing from the Cabildo de Gran Canaria; participation of Radio Televisión Madrid, Televisión Pública de Canarias and Crea SGR. It has the support of Acción Cultural Española of the Government of Spain and the Government of the Canary Islands, the collaboration of the Madrid City Council, the Calanda City Council and the Teruel Provincial Council and the sponsorship of the Mapfre Foundation.
