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200 Lives, Paco Rabal

2026 · 95 min

An intimate, reflective portrait assembled from a man's own voice and home movies, drifting through memory, regret and contradiction.

Directed by: Vanesa Benitez Zamora
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Paco Rabal

Overview: Through cassette recordings of his voice and the super8 films of his travels, film shoots and festivals he would attend despite his political engagement as a screen idol of the Franco era, Paco Rabal (Best Actor Award at the first Festival in 1953 and Donostia Award in 2001) looks back at his life, regrets and contradictions. An impressive list of films recalling the time of his death in Bordeaux, like Goya, the man he played several times. In San Sebastián, he enjoyed success alongside Rafael Gil, Lucas Demare, León Klimovsky, Pedro Olea and Jaime de Armiñán.

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Directed by: Vanesa Benitez Zamora
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Paco Rabal

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
identity
art
politics
aging
Places: single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Vanesa Benitez Zamora
Starring: Paco Rabal
Runtime: 95 min
Country: Spain
Languages: Spanish

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