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Don't Count On Your Fingers
Don't Count On Your Fingers

Don't Count On Your Fingers

Genres

Drama

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Pere Portabella’s first work as a director starts with the following phrase: “defeated…but not conquered”. This may or should be taken as an allusion to the technical K.O. taken by Portabella from Franco’s regime during the sixties as regards his work as a producer. Through the extremely raging playthings of the words of Catalan poet Joan Brossa, Portabella attempts to dismantle the forms of advertising discourse of that time.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Runtime

26 mins

Rating

5.8/10

Release Date

17 November 1967

Country

Spain

Cast

Mario Cabré

Mario Cabré

Josep Centelles

Josep Centelles

Natacha Gounkevich

Natacha Gounkevich

José Santamaría

José Santamaría

Daniel Van Golden

Daniel Van Golden

Willi Vian Roy

Willi Vian Roy

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