{"id":16771,"date":"2019-12-03T20:41:35","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T19:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expoflamenco.com\/archivo\/?p=16771"},"modified":"2019-12-03T20:41:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T19:41:35","slug":"the-true-life-of-manolo-sanlucar-portrayed-in-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expoflamenco.com\/archivo\/en\/actualidad-en\/the-true-life-of-manolo-sanlucar-portrayed-in-film\/","title":{"rendered":"The true life of Manolo Sanl\u00facar portrayed in film"},"content":{"rendered":"

When producer Enrique Guzm\u00e1n<\/strong>\u00a0came across the book El alma compartida<\/em>, he had no doubts. It didn\u2019t take long for Guzm\u00e1n\u2019s encounter with the memories of Manolo Sanl\u00facar<\/strong>\u00a0before a creative idea took shape, the making of a movie about the brilliant guitarist from Sanl\u00facar. He met the young film director Juanma Su\u00e1rez<\/strong>\u00a0and proposed making \u00aba movie where we could talk with him about everything, politics, music, and take the spirit of that book to the big screen. Because there was nothing like that in the audiovisual market\u00bb, explained Guzm\u00e1n in a statement for eldiario.es<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00abIt has been a privilege and a discovery. He\u2019s very well-known as a guitarist, but few people know him as a person or are aware of all his other concerns\u00bb, said the producer. \u00a0\u00abI\u2019ve known Manolo for a long time, he\u2019s a friend of my family, but I never had the opportunity to be close to him or to share experiences with him. When we proposed our project, he thought it was a good idea, and when he gave us his consent it felt like a gift\u00bb, explained Juanma Su\u00e1rez.<\/p>\n

\u00abHis work is well-known all over the world, but I wanted to portray lesser-known aspects of his personality, which are as great or even greater than his professional achievements. Manolo Sanl\u00facar is a person with a deep commitment to his art, someone who has been hard at work his whole life. He himself says that talent is something given by God, a magic touch, but the interesting part is what people do with that gift. He always knew that he had to work ten or twelve hours every day, living like a monk, committed to his art and his music\u00bb, said the director.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s clear that Manolo Sanl\u00facar, el legado<\/em>\u00a0(Manolo Sanl\u00facar, the legacy<\/em>) is much more than a documentary about this great flamenco artist. During the seventy-one minutes of this film, the guitarist unravels everything related to this noble art in a profound analysis. This is an art genre which still makes him emotional. \u00abI ask you, please, take care of it. Our culture is too important\u00bb, stated the artist on RTVE\u2019s 24 horas<\/em>\u00a0channel during the presentation of the movie.<\/p>\n

\u00abManolo is not just a guitarist, he\u2019s a philosopher. His cultural knowledge is extense and vast. He says: I must understand what I\u2019m doing, I can\u2019t just rely on pellizco<\/em>. He has studied a lot, and he wants to explain flamenco from that perspective, at the same level as any great musical genre\u00bb, stated Su\u00e1rez.<\/p>\n

This movie portrays the life of the artist and the person, from his early days in toque<\/em> until he decided to quit the stages to write a great flamenco encyclopedia \u00abI\u2019ve just finished writing a literary work about flamenco having more than three thousand pages\u00bb, said Sanl\u00facar himself, in a surprising statement for RTVE.<\/p>\n

This movie won the prize Imagenera<\/em> awarded by the Centro de Estudios Andaluces<\/a><\/em>. Besides, it was a candidate in eight categories for the 2020 Goya Awards<\/a>, although ultimately it won\u2019t be nominated.<\/p>\n

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FILM NOTES<\/em><\/p>\n

Title:\u00a0Manolo Sanl\u00facar, el legado<\/strong>
\nDirector:\u00a0Juanma Suarez<\/strong>
\nScreenplay:\u00a0Juanma\u00a0 Su\u00e1rez, Juan Manuel Su\u00e1rez Jap\u00f3n<\/strong>
\nPhotography:\u00a0Antonio Galisteo<\/strong>
\nEditing:\u00a0Juan Manuel Su\u00e1rez<\/strong>
\nProducer:\u00a0Enrique Guzm\u00e1n, Paola Sainz de Baranda<\/strong>
\nProduction company:\u00a0Manlandar Films, Cinnamon Factory\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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