Fernando Trueba in San Sebastián: from the scandal when he threw a bucket of water at a critic to his passion for Niño Josele
The filmmaker is presenting two documentaries at the festival: the restoration of ‘Chicho o mientras el cuerpo aguante’, from 1982, and his latest work, ‘Bajañí’, about the flamenco guitarist.
Fernando Trueba, a 71-year-old filmmaker from Madrid, fulfilled a lifelong dream over four decades ago. In 1982, at the age of 27, Trueba poured a bucket of water over Diego Galán, then a film critic for EL PAÍS, at the San Sebastián festival. Trueba had previously held Galán's position. The incident was captured by a photographer outside the Victoria Eugenia theatre.
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