El 47 (M)

Inspired by a true story, Marcel Barrena’s five-time Goya Award winner is a striking new drama starring the superb Eduard Fernández as a bus driver whose act of peaceful dissidence transformed modern Barcelona during the city’s boom in the late 1970s.

1978. The Torre Baró settlement on the outskirts of Barcelona is a neighbourhood of shacks, built by people from Extremadura and Andalusia. Although the community has been requesting improvements for years, they have been ignored by the state. One of the residents, Manolo Vital (Fernández), works down the hill in the city as a bus driver on line 47. Encouraged by his neighbours to get involved in their fight, and to debunk City Council’s claims that buses cannot climb the hills in his district, one day Manolo decides to hijack his own bus and attempt to prove that you can...

Cast: Eduard Fernandez, Clara Segura, Salva Reina, Zoe Bonaforte

Director: Marcel Barrena

★★★★ "Heartwarming. A terrific film about how a small axe can bring down a big tree. A film full of beautiful human moments" AUSTRALIAN

★★★★ "This portrait of an ordinary man made remarkable will have you cheering for the underdog" SMH

★★★★ "perhaps what is most powerful about this film is the glimmer of hope it leaves behind" ESPINOF

★★★★½ "At once intimate and epic, resurrects a little-known act of defiance from Spain’s democratic transition and restores its urgency, warmth, and weight." AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW

★★★★ "Heartwarming. Will have you pining for the simple life" FILM FOCUS

★★★★ "Outstanding. A beautifully crafted and very effective true-life drama, with great performances and enormous emotional appeal." FICTION MACHINE

★★★★★ "A magnificent work of cinema. It is engrossing, and very human" GLAM ADELAIDE