(Saint Pedro) Poveda (2016 Film)

Feb 19, '17, 7:01 pm

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(Saint Pedro) Poveda (2016 Film) (Saint Pedro) Poveda (2016 Film) Quote: This biographical drama film tells the story of Pedro Poveda (Linares, 1874 – Madrid, 1936), a tenacious and innovative priest who opened new paths in education and pioneered the rights of women in the early twentieth century. A victim of intolerance, he was murdered at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. In 1974 he was awarded the title of “Educator and Humanist” by UNESCO and was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2003. Poveda’s successs in educating and promoting poor illiterate children living in the Caves of Guadix in Southern Spain finds staunch opposition. He has to move to Covadonga, in the Northern mountains. There he starts a new Christian movement, led by young women, which will become the Teresian Association. For its development he relies on young Pepita Segovia (Elena Furiase), one of the first women of her time to receive a university degree in education. Poveda continues his work in spite of the social and political turmoil that intensified in the beginning of the thirties and escalated into a civil war. Caught in the middle of the conflict, Poveda, a man of peace and dialogue, gives his life for his faith, leaving behind a legacy of light and hope. http://www.povedalapelicula.com/en/ Quote: ROME, Italy. The jury of the International Catholic Film Festival, Mirabile Dictu, sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Culture, has chosen "Poveda" as best film of the 2016 edition. The awards were announced at a gala dinner on Thursday, June 23, at the Palazzo della Cancelleria, of the Holy See . . . "Poveda,” directed by Pablo Moreno (Spain) had been nominated along with "Infernet," by Giuseppe Ferlito (Italy) and "I Trust in You," by Aleksas Matvejevas (Lithuania) . . . The film was praised for its quality and its content on the life of St. Pedro Poveda. It presents "a priest who promoted the dignity of women and the right to education, and who did not renounce his faith in the context of religious intolerance in which he lived in Spain in the early thirties." http://teresian-association.org/en/n...dictu-festival Quote: The Buenos Aires festival, “Arte Non Stop,” celebrated last September, selected the film POVEDA as best film. In addition, Raúl Escudero received the award of best international actor for his interpretation of Pedro Poveda. Pablo Moreno won the award for best director, Aránzazu Gaspar the award for best art director and Patrocinio Azpeleta for best costume design. All of the above were received within the category of International Feature. The Niepokalanow 2016 International Catholic Film and Multimedia Festival awarded POVEDA the title of best foreign film. The Polish festival received over 137 films and television programs, 19 radio programs, and 6 multimedia programs from eighteen countries: Indonesia, Slovakia, India, the United States, Croatia, Chad, the Czech Republic, the Philippines, France, Spain, Kazakhstan, Russia, Germany, Ukraine, Great Britain, Italy, Zimbabwe and Poland. The POVEDA film, which received the Mirabile Dictu Prize in Rome in April, was also honored by the International Film Festival for Peace, Inspiration, and Equality held in Jakarta, where it won the International Award of Outstanding Excellence, in addition to Best film of the Online International Film Festival SE (OIFF). It became a semifinalist at the American Film Award and was selected for screening at BAF 2016, at the International Catholic Film Festival of Brazil, at Santo Domingo Catholic Film Festival, and Montevideo (Uruguay) last October. http://www.institucionteresiana.org/en/news/the-film-poveda/item/3526-update-on-the-film-poveda-awards-nominations-and-screenings This is a great, memorable film from Spain; EWTN TV broadcast it a few weeks ago; I recommend everyone to see it. This is the film that should have been promoted; not the recent movie by "The Last Temptation of Christ" Director Martin Scorsese. __________________ "It's a free country; you can say whatever you want." --Old American Saying (U.S. Postal Service stamp-- from 1977 Americana series which extols freedom of speech and features a Speaker's Stand decorated with an American Flag shield.)

#2   Feb 20, '17, 7:46 pm

Wampa Regular Member Forum Supporter   Join Date: May 19, 2004 Posts: 1,166 Religion: Catholic

Re: (Saint Pedro) Poveda (2016 Film) Someone posted about it on CAF right before it aired, which caused me to look it up on EWTN that night. I was only able to watch to see the first half, but it was very good and I wished I could have seen the whole thing. If it was you who posted the earlier thread, thanks for the heads up!