The film produced by THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO and directed by Marcel Barrena was the big winner on the night at the 39th Annual Goya Awards taking home 5 awards – including Best Picture (joint winner)
The film also picked up Best Special Effects, Best Production Design, Best Supporting Actor for Salva Reina and Best Supporing Actress for Clara Segura.
Five months after its release, the film extends its presence in cinemas and is still showing in 187 theaters nationwide, with a 159% increase at the box office, exceeding 3,489,000 euros and 541,000 spectators.
‘The 47’ is the highest -grossing Catalan language film in history and the most popular with cinemagoers in the last forty years.
The film previously won eight Gaudí Awards, two Forqué Awards and a Feroz Award and is nominated for two Fotogramas de Plata and three
Spanish Actors’ Union awards.
Produced by THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO, with Laura Fernandez Espeso and Javier Méndez as producers, and distributed by A Contracorriente Films,
‘The 47’, written and directed by Marcel Barrena, has returned to the Top 12 at the box office and extends its presence in 187 theaters after its success at the 39th Annual Goya Awards The film was the big winner on the night taking home 5 awards -including Best Picture (joint winner)- awarded by the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the award ceremony gala last Saturday, February 8, 2025 in Granada.
Released on September 6, 2024, ‘The 47’, which has been in theaters for more than five months, has increased its box office takings by 159% after the awards, exceeding 3,489,000 euros at the box office and 541,000 spectators.
In addition to being already on broadcast on Movistar Plus+ and streaming platforms.
‘The 47’ is the highest-grossing Catalan-language film in history (without adjusting for inflation) and the most watched in cinemas in more than forty years, as well as the only Catalan-language film to have reached number 1 at the Spanish box office in more than fifteen years.
The movie also won the two Forqué awards for which it was eligible (Best Scripted Feature Film and the Values and Education in Film Award) as well as the Feroz Award for Best Supporting Actress for Clara Segura. ‘The 47’ is also in the running for two Fotogramas de Plata awards (Best Film and Best Actor for Eduard Fernández) and three Spanish Actors’ Union Awards for Clara Segura, Carlos Cuevas and Zoe Bonafonte.
Directed by Marcel Barrena, ‘The 47’ previously won eight Gaudí Awards for Best Film, Best Production Management, Best Actor (Eduard Fernández), Best Supporting Actress (Clara Segura), Best Costume Design, Best Visual Effects, Best Make-up and Hairstyling, and the Special Audience Award after becoming the most nominated film in the history of the Gaudí’s with 18 nominations. Fed up with Barcelona City Council claiming that public transport couldn’t reach the Torre Baró district because the streets were too narrow and unsafe, Manolo Vital, a local resident and bus driver for the city’s public transport service, set out to show, from behind the wheel of the route 47 bus – “El 47” – that the authorities were wrong. ‘The 47’ is the inspiracional true story of a man, a bus and the fate of a neighborhood. The film narrates the story of the Barcelona neighborhood of Torre Baró, but this is also the story of many other neighborhoods that were formed in the 1950’s with the influx of emigrants who setled on the outskirts of big cities all across Spain. In many cases, in houses built by their own hands after having had to abandon their land to carve out a future far from home. Years later, in the 1970’s, many of these neighborhoods were still not even considered part of the city and open lacked basic amenities such as running water, electricity, or other basic services.
Directed by Marcel Barrena (Mediterráneo, winner of three Goya awards; 100 metros, winner of two Gaudí awards, and Mòn Petit, nominated for the Best Documentary Goya) and writen by Barrena together with Alberto Marini (The Stranger, While You Sleep). Starring Eduard Fernández (winner of three Goya awards, a Silver Shell at the San Sebastian Festival and three Silver Biznagas at the Malaga Festival), along with Clara Segura (Goya nominee for Creature), Zoe Bonafonte (Scandal. Story of an Obsession, Amar es para siempre), Salva Reina (Iron Reign, Marshland), Carlos Cuevas (Merlí: Sapere aude, Smiley), Oscar de la Fuente (La Casa, The Good Boss) and Vicente Romero (Intemperie, Express), and a special appearance by David Verdaguer, winner of two Goya awards for Summer 1993 and Jokes & Cigarettes Many residents of Torre Baró also took part in the filming as extras. Salustiano, Desideria, José Manuel… many of whom were direct witnesses to Vital’s challenge to the authorities in 1978, or direct relatives of those who lived through it, as an example of struggle and dignity of a united neighborhood, many of whom also appear on the official poster for the movie.