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The Voice of Thaïs

A documentary about the first woman to direct a film in Spain

The Voice of Thaïs

2022-06-091 hour 26 minutes

Clara Mingueza, an actress from Barcelona, sets out to move the mortal remains of Elena Jordi (1882-1945), vaudeville star, actress and the first woman director of Spanish cinema, to her hometown, while trying to find a copy of Thaïs, the only film she directed.

David Casals-RomaDirector
David Casals-RomaWriter

Top Billed Cast

Clara Mingueza

Self - Actress & Narrator (voice)

Jordi Valmaña

Self - Barcelona Cemeteries Former Director

Jessica Cusano

Self - Film Scholar

Xavier Albertí

Self - Art Director

Josep Cunill

Self - Writer

Jesús Calderer

Self - Mayor of Cercs

Josep Noguera

Self - Historian

Climent Vilella

Self - Relative

Angelina Vilella

Self - Relative

Palmira González

Self - UB Emeritus Professor

Irene Melé-Ballesteros

Self - PhD Candidate

Barbara Zecchi

Self - Film Professor

Jaume «Kap» Capdevila

Self - Cartoonist

Marta Robert

Self - Relative

Hélène Legrais

Self - Writer

Esteve Riambau

Self - Catalonia Film Archive Director