Aragón Front, 1937. Lluís (Marcel Borràs), a young republican officer temporarily assig-ned to an inactive post, meets an enigmatic widow and falls in love with her. Carlana (Núria Prims) tricks him into falsifying a document that makes her the Lady of the manor.Lluís’ best friend, Soleràs (Oriol Pla), a demoted officer, discovers the fraud and in exchange for his silence demands that Lluís take his son and wife, with whom Soleràs is secretly in love, away from the bombings in Barcelona. When Trini (Bruna Cusí) arrives in the village it doesn’t take her long to discover Lluís’ be-trayal and a “state of war” is established between them that will shake their moral foundations to the core. A film that examines the intensity of human passion against the backdrop of war.

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CASTLluís

Carlana Soleràs

Trini

Olegaria Miller’s wife

MillerCagorcio

Marcel Borràs Núria Prims Oriol Pla Bruna Cusí

Luisa Gavasa Terele Pávez Fernando Esteso Juan Diego

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Coral Cruz and Agustí Villarongabased on the novel “Uncertain Glory” by Joan Sales

Agustí VillarongaIsona PassolaAleix CastellónElisa PlazaAlba FornGaizka UrrestiJosep M. Civit, AECAna AlvargonzálezMercè PalomaAlma Casal Raúl RománBernat AragonèsMarcus JGRXavier MasFernando NovilloRicard Galcerán Manel MartínezPep Armengol

A production of MASSA D’OR PRODUCCIONS and TELEVISIÓ DE CATALUNYA, with the participation of RTVE, MOVISTAR+ and ARAGÓN TV. With the support of ICEC (GOVERNMENT OF CATALONIA, DEPARTAMENT OF

CULTURE) and ICAA (GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORT).With the collaboration of the DEPARTMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND RELATIONS

AND TRANSPARENCY in conjunction with the DEMOCRATIC MEMORIAL of the GOVERNMENT OF CATALONIA, GOVERNMENT OF THE BALEARIC ISLANDS (DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPARENCY, CULTURE

AND SPORT), ZARAGOZA PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT, HUESCA PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ARAGÓN. Produced in association with URRESTI PRODUCCIONES.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONSLength: 116 minutes

Language: O.V. (Catalan and Spanish)Feature length film: Fiction

Production year: 2017Nationality: Spanish

“As in two of my previous films, El mar (The sea) and especially Pa negre (Black bread), the central theme of UNCERTAIN GLORY is the moral devastation wreaked on humans by war. Rather than focusing on the conflict itself or a political analysis of the war, it examines the feelings and emotions of the characters. It is through them that we discover the conse-quences of war far from the battlefield, in our case, so close and yet so far away. UNCER-TAIN GLORY is a response to the need to close this chapter with the third film in an unex-pected trilogy. The dramatic structure of this story is based on the magnificent and powerful novel by Joan Sales. Adapting a novel that is more than 1,000 pages long involves a laborious selection process. The most philosophical and religious parts were purposely left out in order to crea-te a more fluid story in which action is generated by images and the spectator’s attention is focused on the raw feelings. It has been said of UNCERTAIN GLORY that it would be a love story if only it weren’t a war story. As far as the film is concerned, I would say just the opposite: it could have been a war film but for the fact that it is a love story. A passionate and romantic love that pits two men who love the same women against each other and two women who are attracted to these same two men. Making the film is like playing a piece of music with four hands: four characters living through the same events but each one of them experiencing and reacting to them differently. The diversity in recreating the internal and external worlds of the characters is best captured with polyhedric filming, where the use of various cameras to create constant movement is very useful. The locations were also a critical piece. This is no man’s land, an unwelcoming wasteland where the characters are silhouetted against the arid landscape, lines in the desert sand. The interiors are starkly austere. The visuals are unadorned but powerful, with few obvious references to the period and more emphasis on the austerity and simplicity of the elements that are absolutely necessary. But above all, we need to talk about the actors. Four actors. Four very young men and wo-men. New faces, full of enthusiasm who are making their mark. That come from no one knows where. With some powerful supporting actors to assist them, to be sure, but the work of the main characters - and I’m convinced of this - is formidable.”

Agustí Villaronga

DIRECTOR’S NOTES

Agustí Villaronga has had a long career in film-making industry. One of his most recent films, Pa negre (Black bread), which recounts the life of a child in rural Catalonia after the Spanish Civil War, was a huge success in 2010. The film won numerous awards including 9 Goyas, Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay Adaptation among them. It was also in the running to represent Spain at the 2011 Oscar Awards.Some of Villaronga’s other acclaimed works include El testament de la Rosa (documentary); Carta a Eva (TV miniseries), winner of the Best Miniseries and Best Actress awards at the Montecarlo, Hamburg, Biarritz and New York film festivals; Aro Tolbukhin, dins la ment de l’assassí; El mar (The sea); 99.9; El niño de la luna and Tras el cristal. His latest film to release in cinemas is El Rey de La Habana. Agustí Villaronga was the recipient of the Spanish National Cinematography award in 2011.

AGUSTÍ VILLARONGA: DIRECTOR AND CO-SCREENWRITER

Joan Sales was not only one of the great writers of Catalan literature but also one of the stron-gest proponents of the language. During the war he was stationed in Madrid, Aragon and Ca-talonia, where he served as an infantry commander of the Republican Army. During 1939, he managed to survive in various concentration camps in France. It was not until 1948, after years of roaming the world that he returned to Catalonia to publish everything he could in Catalan. In 1954 he embarked upon the adventure of writing “what he knew about” and the result was UNCERTAIN GLORY, a novel that was destined to be heard through the eyes and read from the voice of experience. It tells the story of the people we don’t read about in the history books, those who are defeated by things other than war. The desperation of a generation, a country. A call to understand what a battle really is.UNCERTAIN GLORY was one of the most important narrative voices of the post-war period in Catalonia, helping to explain more clearly through words what others could not. Translated into French, German, Dutch and English, this work by Joan Sales’ was recently lis-ted by The Economist as one of the top ten fiction novels.

UNCERTAIN GLORY, THE NOVEL BY JOAN SALES

FILMOGRAPHY OF FEATURED ACTORS

Despite his youth, Marcel Borràs has become one of the most well-known faces on the theatre scene in Catalonia. In addition to acting in more than 20 works, this 26 year-old Olot native has written and directed nearly a dozen more. In 2016 he won the Ojo Crítico theatre award. Marcel has also played in a number of successful TV series including Pulseres vermelles, Carlos Rey Emperador, Cites and Sé quién eres. This year he can be seen in the film UNCERTAIN GLORY by Agustí Villaronga, his first leading role in a feature length film following three supporting roles in Ahora o nunca, Ten-go ganas de ti and Tres metros sobre el cielo.

MARCEL BORRÀS

Nuria has appeared in many TV series and feature length films. Her debut on the big screen was in 1995 under the direction of Montxo Armendáriz in the film Historias del Kronen, which was followed by Andrea, directed by Sergi Casamitjana, Un cos al bosc, by Joaquim Jordà, and El domini del sentits - el gust, by Teresa de Peregrí.In 1997 she appeared in the feature length film Suerte, by Ernesto Tellería, and in 1998 she appeared in Fernando Colomo’s film, Los años bárbaros.In 1999 we saw her in Saïd, directed by Lorenzo Soler and in Sobreviviré, by David Menkes. Other credits in her filmography include: Tiempos de azúcar, by Juan Luis Iborra, Incons-cientes, by Joaquín Oristrell and Tomando té, by Isabel Gardela, for which she won the Silver Apple Award for Best Actress in the First Works category at The First Latin American Film Festival in New York and the Prix d’Interpretation de la ville de Montpellier in 2000. La vida lliure, by Marc Recha and Uncertain glory, by Agustí Villaronga, are the latest fea-ture films in which she appears. She debuted on the small screen in 1995 in the Catalan TV series La Lloll. A year later she would spring to fame in Catalonia with the soap opera Nissaga de poder, a successful regio-nal TV production. She went on to appear in other series such as 16 dobles and Génesis: En la mente del asesino and Hospital Central as well as TV movies such as Pataghoribí, by Ricardo Llovo, Ecos, by Oriol Paulo, La biblioteca de la Iguana, by Antón Dobao, and El espejo, by Álex Sampayo. Some of the short films in which she can be seen include Mátame suave, by Jacobo Rispa, Andén, by Aníbal García, Sueños de sal, by Gloria Núñez and Pen-sarás mal de mí, by Artur Rodríguez, among others.

NÚRIA PRIMS

Oriol Pla was born in Barcelona into a family of performers. Son of an actor and a violinist, he’s been appearing on stage since a very young age.Considered one of the best actors of his generation, his first appearance on the big screen was in 2012 in the film Animals, by Marcel Forés. More recently we’ve seen him in Truman, the award-winning film by Cesc Gay and now in UNCERTAIN GLORY, by Agustí Villaronga.Despite his successful film career, Oriol has remained active in theatre, his passion, and is currently touring Spain with the acclaimed Ragazzo.

ORIOL PLA

Born in Barcelona 30 years ago, Bruna Cusí had her first acting experience as an ado-lescent, appearing in TV series like El cor de la ciutat and Psico-express, by Dagoll Dagom. Combining acting with studying, in 2010 she received a Dramatic Arts degree from the Theatre Institute. Bruna has appeared in nearly 20 theatre productions, a half dozen films and successful TV series including Pulseras rojas and Cites. 2017 promises to be a good year: in addition to Estiu 1993 she can be seen in a lea-ding role in UNCERTAIN GLORY, the new film by Agustí Villaronga.

BRUNA CUSÍ

FILMOGRAPHY OF FEATURED ACTORS

The film was shot on location in Sariñena, Barluenga, Pallaruelos de Monegros, Angüés, Castejón de Monegros, Alquézar, Casbas, Quicena, Alcubierre, Leciñena, Belchite, Caminreal, La Garriga, Jafre de Ter, Rubí, Barcelona and Santa Maria de Merlès.

LOCATIONS

Isona Passola founded MASSA D’OR PRODUCCIONS in 1992 and is the sole director of the company which has produced the following feature length films, documentaries and TV movies:

2017 Incerta glòria, by Agustí Villaronga (feature film)2015 El testament de la Rosa, by Agustí Villaronga (TV documentary)2014 L’endemà, by Isona Passola (feature film)2013 Per on passa el futur, by Joan Dolç and Isona Passola (TV documentary)2010 Pa negre, by Agustí Villaronga (feature film)2009 Cataluña-Espanya, by Isona Passola (feature film)2008 Mirant al cel, by Jesús Garay (feature film)2006 Paraules i fets. Memòria i vigència de Joan Coromines, by Joan Dolç (TV documentary)2005 Maria i Assou, by Sílvia Quer (TV movie)2004 El manifest groc, by Xavier Montanyà and Agustí Vila (TV documentary)2004 Desaparegut, by Julien Cunillera (TV documentary)2003 De nens, by Joaquim Jordà (feature film)2002 Mucha sangre, by Pepe de las Heras (feature film)2002 Caballé, más allá de la música, by Antonio Farré (feature film)2001 Germanes de sang, by Jesús Garay (TV movie)2000 Valèria, by Sílvia Quer (TV movie)1999 El mar, by Agustí Villaronga (feature film)1998 El pianista, by Mario Gas (feature film)1995 El pasajero clandestino, by Agustí Villaronga (feature film)1993 Los de enfrente, by Jesús Garay (feature film)

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