The story of a Spanish musician who dreamed of triumph and who conquered the world with his music in his performances in 1920’s Paris, eventually selling more than 20 million records of his popular tune “Valencia”.
“Discovering José Padilla” is a musical documentary biopic which recovers the untold story of a genius, the composer José Padilla.
José Padilla premiered his works in Paris, during the madcap 1920’s and reached heights of international popularity never imagined by a musician.
Born with a gift for music in Almería, in the south of Spain in 1898, and dying in 1960 in Madrid, Padilla triumphed all over the world, with tunes like “La Violetera”, “El Relicario”, “Ça c’est Paris”, “La estudiantina portuguesa” and “Valencia”.
In 1989, UNESCO stated: “It can be said without any risk of error that the music of José Padilla forms part of the fabric of Universal Culture”.
Soundtrack: José Padilla
A FILM DIRECTED BY: Marta Figueras y Susana Guardiola
A PRODUCTION BY: Promarfi Futuro 2010, S.L. / Contentto People / Savitel TV, S.L. / Tarannà Films, S.L. / Stories By Susana Guardiola S.L. / Coraca Producciones S.L. / Radio Televisión Española, S.A.
WITH THE SUPPORT OF: Catalan Films / Ministerio de Cultura ICAA / Institut Catala de les Empreses Culturals ICEC / Ibermedia / Institut Ramon Llull
WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF: À punt
A PRODUCTION BY: Marta Figueras / Giovanna Ribes / Felicitas Raffo & Andrés Longares / Iraida Gonzalez / Susana Guardiola
Executive production: Marta Figueras / Giovanna Ribes / Pamela Livia Delgado
RTVE’s delegated production: Andrés Luque
Associated production: Cortijo Social Media / Menos Lobos / César Martínez Herrada / Alba Sotorra / Cinema Productions / Charlotte Uzu / Film Buró Producciones Internacionales, S.L.
SCRIPT: Mercè Clascà / Lula Gómez / Susana Guardiola / Marta Figueras
JOSÉ PADILLA VOICE OVER: Dolores Payás
BASED ON THE BIOGRAPHY “JOSÉ PADILLA, LA PASIÓN DE LA MÚSICA” BY EUGENIA MONTERO PADILLA
Musical advisor: Eugenia Montero DIRECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Josep María Civit EDITING: Adrián Silvestre DIRECT SOUND: Arturo Quesada / Natxo Ortuzar VOICE JOSÉ PADILLA: Víctor Pi WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF: Eugenia Montero, niece and biographer of José Padilla / F. Javier Baladía, writer and musician / Walter Piazza, Director of the Tango Academy of Buenos Aires In collaboration with: Facultad de Comunicación y Relaciones Internacionales Blanquerna Image and design: Cortijo Social Media Promotion and advertising: Cortijo Social Media / Ferran Jaime / Sara Martínez / Jaume Maneja / Daniela Sanabria / Natalia Selma Distribution: Film Buró Producciones Internacionales, S.L.
