Pere Portabella’s first work as a director starts with the following phrase: “defeated…but not conquered”. This may or should be taken as an allusion to the technical K.O. taken by Portabella from Franco’s regime during the sixties as regards his work as a producer. Through the extremely raging playthings of the words of Catalan poet Joan Brossa, Portabella attempts to dismantle the forms of advertising discourse of that time.

Através dos trocadilhos atrozes do poeta catalão Joan Brossa, Pere Portabella tenta desmantelar as formas de propaganda política durante o regime franquista no seu primeiro trabalho como diretor.