Death of Villaronga | Cinema and Culture mourns the death of Agustí Villaronga
Personalities from the world of cinema, culture and politics complained on Sunday Director Agosti Villaronga passes away (Palma, March 4, 1953), who died at dawn in Barcelona at the age of 69, surrounded by his family and friends.
The Catalan Film Academy was informed early this Sunday of Villaronga’s death. His talent and sensitivityHis tremendous ability to love everything he touches and his films will live on forever.”
After the news of the author’s death “Pa negre”Expressions of condolences followed one another.
Producer, screenwriter, film director and former president of the Catalan Film Academy Isona Passola at RAC1 explained that Villaronga He had cancer And that after spending Christmas holidays in Mallorca“everything hastened.”
Via Twitter, the Catalan president, Pere Aragon, referred to him as “one of the most celebrated and benchmark directors of Catalan cinema” and thanked him “for moving us – and he wrote – with your talent and sensitivity”.
My condolences to the family and friends of Agustí Villaronga. We have lost one of the most famous and all-reference directors of Catalan cinema
Thank you for moving us with your talent and sensitivity. May the earth keep coming– Pere Aragones i Garcia 🎗 (perearagones) January 22, 2023
The head of the Balearic government, Francina Armengol, expressed her regret over the death of ” One of the most important filmmakers in our historywhich won him recognition inside and outside the country.” “It is a very sad day,” he said.
Sad day Ens deixa Massa perst n’Agustí Villaronga, one of the most important filmmakers in our history who will gain recognition abroad and abroad.
Work remains, the talent that Safiza. Et trobarem miss it, appreciation 😘 https://t.co/HS0OgzGZ6W
– Francina Armengol (@F_Armengol) January 22, 2023
the Minister of CultureMikel Eseta, author of the acclaimed film Pa negre, recalled “a great phenomenon of Catalan cinema” and emphasized that “His work is very much alive.”.
Rest in peace. His work will always remain in our memories.||| Death of Agustí Villaronga, Director of Pa Negre, El Periódico / ACN @Newspaper https://t.co/0VQfzZN7ie
– Miqueliceta Lorenz / ❤️ (@miqueliceta) January 22, 2023
The Ministry of Culture and Sports also published another tweet expressing regret over Villaronga’s death and noting that “just over a month ago, we sent the message Medal of Merit in Fine Arts In recognition of his career, of which films such as “Pa negre” stand out.
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The Catalan Minister of Culture, Natalia Garriga, noted that Villaronga “has led Catalan cinema to excellence” and that some of his films such as “Pa negre” or “Incerta glòria” “They marked an era and brought our history to life on the big screen.”
the Film Library of Catalonia He highlighted that Agustí Villaronga was “a filmmaker with his own world and a Unique sensitivity To tell dark and stormy stories” and the Assembly Omnium Cultural He has said that his “passion for cinema leaves us with some great successes of Catalan cinema forever”.