Valencia en el espejo del cine

Valencia in the Mirror of Cinema explores the city through ten films that, over nearly a century, have depicted or portrayed it through very different eyes and perspectives. From the origins of sound cinema with Ramonet's El faba and the post-war Valencia featured in El chico que robó un millón (The Boy Who Stole a Million) to the international vision offered by La maldición de la Pantera Rosa (The Curse of the Pink Panther) and Tomorrowland, the book analyzes how each production has reflected its time and urban environment with widely varying intentions. The journey, which takes us through the modern city portrayed in Un negre amb un saxo (A Black Man with a Saxophone) and Todos a la cárcel (Everyone to Jail), through the more ironic and disillusioned Valencia of París (Paris) and Tombuctú (Timbuktu), through the humorous reinterpretation of its streets in La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón (Mortadelo and Filemon's Big Adventure), and through the personal and contemporary perspective of La mala educación (Bad Education) and Las olas (The Waves), allows us to rediscover the city beyond hasty clichés and commonplaces. Based on the study of these works, the book combines historical context, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, and urban observation to show how cinema has contributed to building Valencia's visual memory. Ultimately, it's a journey designed for film lovers and readers interested in the city, its evolution, and the traces that the seventh art has left on it.