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The Little Pawn [El petit peó] [El pequeño peón]
03/05/2025
Feature Films
Categorías:
- Documentary,
- Biography,
- Non Fiction,
- Spring / Summer 2025
Director: Joan Gamero
2025 - Spain - 81’
DOCUMENTARY - NON FICTION
The story of Arturo Pomar, a child chess prodigy exploited by the Franco regime as a symbol of prestige during the Spanish postwar period. His international fame served the interests of the dictatorship, but, as he grew up, he fell into oblivion.
SCREENPLAYSalto de línea Joan Gamero, Carmen Rodríguez
LANGUAGESSalto de línea Catalan
SUBTITLESSalto de línea Spanish, English
COMPLETED AS FROMSalto de línea December 2024
PRODUCTION
Albert Solé
MAIN PRODUCTION COMPANY
Minimal Films
Alejandra Céspedes Antolín (Producer)
produccion@minimalfilms.com
https://minimalfilms.com/
IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH
La Perifèrica Produccions (11,28%, Spain) - La Xarxa de Comunicació Local (21,95%, Spain) - 3Cat (11,71%, Spain)
CONTACT
Minimal Films
Alejandra Céspedes Antolín (Producer)
produccion@minimalfilms.com
https://minimalfilms.com/
Director’s Statement
I am a great chess fan, and I usually play with some of Arturo Pomar's children, who are my neighbors. The fact of knowing in depth the intimate aspects of the affected family, especially due to the consequences of his father's illness, was the definitive trigger for me to consider the project and propose it as a documentary film. On the other hand, the motivation to bring his story to the screen lies in the fact that the figure of Arturo Pomar has been very little valued, not only for the great person he was, but also for how he contributed to the diffusion of chess in Spain.