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Eduard Sola’s “proudly charnego” speech revolutionized the Gaudís: “If my grandfather was illiterate and I write it for progress”

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Before the gala, screenwriter Eduard Sola, winner of the Gaudí Award for Best Screenplay by Casa en flames, was already “nervioso” on the red carpet. His agitation did not prevent him from praising the “Catalanity” of El 47, the film about the neighborhood struggle of migrants installed in the mountains of Barcelona in the Transition he faced in the quinielas. “I am charnego. More definite than what Catalonia is than 47 can not be. Catalonia exp…

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Last night’s Gaudí Awards gala, awarded by the Accadèmia del Cinema Català, became an act of vindication for immigrants who arrived in Catalonia in the 60s and 70s from other parts of Spain. A moment of vindication that was carried out by Eduard Sola, screenwriter of Casa en flames, who received the award for the best original script and dedicated his speech to enhancing the public school and the integration model. Continue reading...

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Before the gala, screenwriter Eduard Sola, winner of the Gaudí Award for Best Screenplay by Casa en flames, was already “nervioso” on the red carpet. His agitation did not prevent him from praising the “Catalanity” of El 47, the film about the neighborhood struggle of migrants installed in the mountains of Barcelona in the Transition he faced in the quinielas. “I am charnego. More definite than what Catalonia is than 47 can not be. Catalonia exp…

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The year always begins with the big red carpets of the cinema prizes. If we start 2025 with the Golden Globes on the Day of Kings, tonight has been the turn of Catalan cinema with the Gaudí Awards. The 17 Gaudí Awards have been presented this Saturday at the Auditori Fòrum CCB, in an edition marked by the success of Catalan productions in 2024 and with 'El 47', by Marcel Barrena, who arrived at the gala with a record of 18 candidacies. 47 and Po…

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Screenwriter Eduard Sola has reacted to the controversy that has caused his speech at the Gaudí Awards gala, in which he claimed the “xarnego” legacy of his grandparents. “My family is far from being the one from Casa en flames, we would like to have a house on the Costa Brava and a boat to go sailing, but we don’t have one. At home we are proudly xarnegos. My grandparents, all, came from Andalusia”, he said. EDUARD SOLA – Gaudí Award for Best …

"If my grandfather was illiterate and I dedicate myself to writing, it's because something has happened, and that's called progress."The writer of 'House on Fire' considers that the award, 'is not thanks only to me, but to the public school'.tags: eduard solo, gaudí prize, house on fire» original news (www.huffingtonpost.es)

The screenwriter of "House on Fire" has spoken of the "progress" that has allowed him to dedicate himself to writing, which he has described as "a collective success"

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www.larazon.es broke the news in Spain on Sunday, January 19, 2025.
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