Juan Antonio Bardem

Juan Antonio Bardem was born in Madrid in 1922, the son of the actors Rafael Bardem and Matilde Muñoz Sampedro. An agricultural engineer, he entered the film institute in Madrid, where he became close to Luis García Berlanga, with whom he founded the magazine Objetivo. In 1955 he took part in the Salamanca Conversations, which challenged official cinema. A militant of the clandestine Communist Party, he was imprisoned under the dictatorship and often had dealings with the censors. He won several prizes abroad, notably in Moscow, and died in Madrid in 2002.

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• CinemaDeath of a CyclistMuerte de un ciclistaJuan Antonio Bardem · 1955Cinema