A Forbidden Orange (2021) [R]
Featuring:
Malcolm McDowell, Carmelo Romero, Vicente Molina Foix
Written by:
Pedro González Bermúdez
Javier Morales Perez
Directed by:
Pedro González Bermúdez
Release Date:
October 23, 2021
Original Title:
La naranja prohibida
Genres:
Documentary | History
Production Companies:
TCM España
Production Countries:
Spain
Ratings / Certifications:
SE: 15 US: R
Runtime: 85
Spain, 1970s. A Clockwork Orange, a film considered by critics and audiences as one of the best works in the history of cinema, directed by Stanley Kubrick and released in 1971, was banned by the strict Franco government. However, the film was finally premiered, without going through censorship, during the 20th edition of the Seminci, the Valladolid Film Festival, on April 24, 1975. How was this possible?
Despite being one of Stanley Kubrick's greatest's films and therefore a cinema masterpiece, 'A Clockwork Orange' was banned by Spain's Franco government, a fascist dictatorship that had ruled the country for over 35 years after a cruel civil war. The film's visuals clashed head-on with the regime's strict moral codes and censors who wished to clamp down on any subversive ideas entering Spain. Surprisingly, however, the film premiered uncensored at a long-running religious film festival, the Seminci in Valladolid, located in one of Spain's most conservative cities. How could something like this even occur? This documentary, in which Malcolm McDowell (main character in A Clockwork Orange) collaborates, aims to take the audience on an adventure that answers that very question, but also poses an even greater one: can a movie change the world?
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