Marc Recha

{{Short description|Spanish film director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox person | image = Marcrecha.jpg | name = Marc Recha | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|10|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Film director<br />Screenwriter | years_active = 1988-present }}

'''Marc Recha''' (born 18 October 1970) is a Catalan Spanish film director and screenwriter. He has directed 18 films (9 shorts and 9 feature films) since 1988. He mostly films his films in Catalan Language but also in French and Spanish. His film ''Pau i el seu germà'' was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2001142/year/2001.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Pau and His Brother |accessdate=17 October 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>

==Filmography== === Full-length Films === * 1991 - ''El cielo sube'' (Heaven Rises) * 1998 - ''L'arbre de les cireres'' (The Cherry Tree) * 2001 - ''Pau i el seu germà'' (Pau and His Brother) * 2003 - ''Les mains vides / Les mans buides'' (Where is Madame Catherine?, or Empty-Handed) * 2006 - ''Dies d'agost'' (August Days) * 2009 - ''Petit indi'' ('Petit indi' - the director does not translate it, though literally, it's "Little Indian") * 2014 - ''Bridges of Sarajevo'' (Recha participates in this documentary anthology film together with 12 other directors) * 2015 - ''Un dia perfecte per volar'' (A Perfect Day for Flying) * 2017 - ''La vida lliure'' (Free life)

=== Shorts === * 1988 - ''El darrer instant'' (The Last Instant) * 1990 - ''El zelador'' (The Guard) * 1990 - ''La por d'abocar-se'' (The Fear of Falling) * 1990 - ''Tout à la française'' (Everything French-Style) * 1992 - ''La maglana'' * 1994 - ''És tard'' (It's Late) * 1998 - ''L'escampavies'' (The Coast Guard) * 2001 - ''Sobre el pas de dues persones uns quants anys més tard'' (On the Passage of Two People Several Years Later) * 2007 - ''Coses vistes'' (Things Seen)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0714437|Marc Recha}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120113031059/http://www.parallamps.cat/index.htm Parallamps], Recha's production company, with info about his films (in Catalan, Spanish, French and English)

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