Underplayed Gems

Edurne, modista bilbaína (1924)

Edurne, modista bilbaína poster
Genre
silent film, melodrama
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 10m
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A silent melodrama set in the Basque Country. It follows a seamstress from Bilbao and shows the difficult lives of workers. The film was shot with local extras and criticizes social conditions.

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What happens

Edurne, modista bilbaína va ser una pel·lícula muda espanyola, el primer llargmetratge realitzat al País Basc de roducció espanyola, dirigida el 1924 per Telesforo Gil del Espinar de Segòvia i produïda per Mauro Azcona. Va ser un gran èxit, guanyant cinc vegades més que els diners gastats. Va ser gravat a Bilbao, Barakaldo i al voltant de Sant Sebastià, en la que es fuig del folklorisme i s'intenta fer crítica social sobre la situació dels treballadors, molts dels quals hi participaren com a extres gratuïtament. Sembla que no es van fer còpies de l'original i només se'n conserven fragments. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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