
Film
The Voice of Thaïs
2022 · 1h 26m · Documentary · History
A documentary about the first woman to direct a film in Spain
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Overview
Clara Mingueza, an actress from Barcelona, sets out to move the mortal remains of Elena Jordi (1882-1945), vaudeville star, actress and the first woman director of Spanish cinema, to her hometown, while trying to find a copy of Thaïs, the only film she directed.
Cast
Clara Mingueza
Self - Actress & Narrator (voice)
Jordi Valmaña
Self - Barcelona Cemeteries Former Director
Jessica Cusano
Self - Film Scholar
Xavier Albertí
Self - Art Director
Josep Cunill
Self - Writer
Jesús Calderer
Self - Mayor of Cercs
Josep Noguera
Self - Historian
Climent Vilella
Self - Relative
Angelina Vilella
Self - Relative
Palmira González
Self - UB Emeritus Professor
Irene Melé-Ballesteros
Self - PhD Candidate
Barbara Zecchi
Self - Film Professor
Jaume «Kap» Capdevila
Self - Cartoonist
Marta Robert
Self - Relative
Hélène Legrais
Self - Writer
Esteve Riambau
Self - Catalonia Film Archive Director
Crew
- David Casals-RomaDirector · Producer · Writer · Editor · Executive Producer · Director of Photography
- Mercè de Vega RosExecutive Producer
- Barbara ZecchiExecutive Producer
- Rick ClingermanExecutive Producer
- Melissa DimeglioExecutive Producer
- Cristina BarcelóOriginal Music Composer
- Tristan EckersonOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- Release date
- June 9, 2022
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
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