Even if his name did not appear in the credits of Pa negro [black bread in Catalan], any film buff could say without the slightest risk of error, that this film was directed by Agusti Villaronga. Suffice to say we are in the presence of a very personal world, a storytelling like no other, a style perfectly controlled, a real visual personality.
Villaronga projects are more or less successful, but his film has immutable characteristics, obsessions. There is no deception, the director has a very specific idea he wants to tell stories and language they need. What is curious is that the universe Pa Negro does not stem from the imagination of the filmmaker: he uses images of a novel Emili Teixidor.
I do not know if it is the producers who insisted that it be Villaronga and anyone who turns this movie, or if he himself has persisted. One thing is for sure, this material fits perfectly with eternal literary concerns of the filmmaker. 
Villaronga projects are more or less successful, but his film has immutable characteristics, obsessions. There is no deception, the director has a very specific idea he wants to tell stories and language they need. What is curious is that the universe Pa Negro does not stem from the imagination of the filmmaker: he uses images of a novel Emili Teixidor.
I do not know if it is the producers who insisted that it be Villaronga and anyone who turns this movie, or if he himself has persisted. One thing is for sure, this material fits perfectly with eternal literary concerns of the filmmaker.
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