notes of intention

  The Klein legacy is a collection of more than 900 tins of 16mm negative stock, that contain familiar scenes filmed by Madronita Andreu along the 20th century. That means around one hundred and fifty hours of film about the history of th Klein-Andreu family, from the twenties to the decade of seventies. At first, it is remarkable the personality of the its author, a woman that, at the beginning of the century, becomes interested in a new technique –she is probably the first Spanish woman able to operate a film camera- and that along all her life, she perseverates in following by images to the members of her family, until she came to gather an unusual legacy, unique in the history of documentary films. The first challenge of this project was to condense in ninety minutes all this “Capital” of shooting materials. Javier Rioyo and José Luis López-Linares, script-writers and directors, have proved with their previous works their experiences and enormous sensitivity for the creation of a plot that caught the audience. In this particular case, the starting point is also a splendid, wonderful visual material.

The work of Madronita has the power of retaining the images, the instants of a n exceptional world that has disappeared yet.

This testimony cannot be ignored. The filmmakers´ will is to share with the audience the same astonishment and admiration that they felt when, some years ago, they discovered the Klein legacy in the Filmoteca de Barcelona.