Manuela Ballester, the angry cry

Documentary, 2008
by Giovanna Ribes

Synopsis

They say women cry and men do not. In this documentary the crying of Manuela Ballester is an angry cry of one of the prominent painters among the Spanish artists of the twentieth century. Daughter, sister and wife of artists (Antonio, Tonico and Jose Renau), mother of five, a Civil War, two exiles (Mexico and the RDA), the death of two of her children … Manuela Ballester was born in Valencia in November 1908.

TECHNICAL SPECS

  • Title: Manuela Ballester, the angry cry
  • Genre: documentary
  • Nationality: Spain
  • Language: Spanish/ German
  • Running time: 55 min
  • Shooting format: DV Cam
  • Delivery format: DV Cam
  • Ratio: 16:9
  • Colour: colour
  • Sound mix: estéreo

CREW

  • Written and directed by Giovanna Ribes
  • Advisors: Fernando Bellón/ Antonia Bueno
  • Music composer: Jesús Salvador “Chapi”
  • Editor: Juan Gimeno/Carlos Gálvez/ Giovanna Ribes
  • Voice over: María José Peris
  • An initiative of Dones en Art
  • Executive producer: Giovanna Ribes
  • Associate producer: Francesc Fenollosa
  • First unit (Berlin/ Valencia): Giovanna Ribes
  • Second unit (México): Silvia Macip
  • Sound mix: ÀBAC ESTUDIS
  • Locations: Berlín (Alemania), Valencia (España), Puebla (México), Ciudad de México (México), Ensenada (México), Cuernavaca (México)
  • Extracts of “Notas” and writings of Manuela Ballester.

Produced by GIOVANNA RIBES, C.B./TARANNÀ FILMS, SL/ TATZEN