Érase un vez Juan Marsé

Synopsis

On the occasion of awarding the Cervantes Prize to the Catalan writer Juan Marsé on 23 April 2009, family members, friends and writers offer a sincere portrait of the best chronicler of life in Barcelona, Catalonia, during the post-war period and the worst days of the General Franco dictatorship, in the forties and fifties, and during the economic development and the hard conquest of freedom, in the sixties and seventies.

CAST

Pedro Ballesteros

Director

Mercè Montalà

Self - Narrator (voice)

Ramon Canals

Literary Censor (voice)

Juan Marsé

Self - Writer

Berta Marsé

Self - Marsé's Daughter

Sergi Pàmies

Self - Writer

José Martí Gómez

Self - Journalist

Joan de Sagarra

Self - Journalist

Carmen Balcells

Self - Literary Agent

Javier Cercas

Self - Writer

Josep Maria Cuenca

Self - Marsé's Biographer

Gustavo Martín Garzo

Self - Writer

Sacha Marsé

Self - Marsé's Son

Ángeles González-Sinde

Self - Filmmaker

Pedro Ballesteros

Director

Mercè Montalà

Self - Narrator (voice)

Ramon Canals

Literary Censor (voice)

Juan Marsé

Self - Writer

Berta Marsé

Self - Marsé's Daughter

Sergi Pàmies

Self - Writer

José Martí Gómez

Self - Journalist

Joan de Sagarra

Self - Journalist

Carmen Balcells

Self - Literary Agent

Javier Cercas

Self - Writer

Josep Maria Cuenca

Self - Marsé's Biographer

Gustavo Martín Garzo

Self - Writer

Sacha Marsé

Self - Marsé's Son

Ángeles González-Sinde

Self - Filmmaker