Inspired by the true story of Manolo Vital, El 47 explores the less-discussed side of the ‘Spanish Miracle’, in which the country’s economic boom revitalised many of the nation’s cities, including the film’s setting, Barcelona. Manolo, a bus-driver disheartened by the marginalisation of impoverished Extremaduran and Andalusian immigrant communities in the city’s outskirts, hijacks a vehicle on the 47 bus route. The route, according to the local government’s lies, could not reach the outer Torre Baró neighbourhood. Manolo, in an attempt to expose the systematic injustice towards these immigrant communities, sets out to prove the bus can indeed reach this final destination.
Trigger warnings: Contains scenes with physical and verbal violence, and depictions of police abuse.
- Director: Marcel Barrena
- Casting: Eduard Fernández, Clara Segura, Zoe Bonafonte, Salva Reina
- Duration: 110 minutes
- Languages: Spanish, Catalan
- Genre: Biographical Drama
- Country: Spain
- Certificate: 12A
- Awards: 30th Forqué Awards: Best Film; Cinema and Education in Values | 17th Gaudí Awards: Best Film; Best Actor: Eduard Fernández; Best Supporting Actress: Clara Segura: Best Production Supervision: Carlos Apolinario; Best Costume Design: Olga Rodal and Irantzu Ortiz; Best Makeup and Hairstyles: Karol Tornaria; Best VIsual Effects: Laura Canals, Iván López Hernández; Special Audience Awards | 12th Feroz Awards: Best Supporting Actress in a Film: Clara Segura | 39th Goya Awards: Best Film; Best Supporting Actress: Clara Segura; Best Supporting Actor: Salva Reina; Best Production Supervision: Carlos Apolinario; Best Special Effects: Laura Canals, Iván López Hernández | 33rd Actors and Actresses Union Awards: Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role: Clara Segura; Best Film Actor in a Minor Role: Carlos Cuevas; Best New Actress: Zoe Bonafonte.
