The Voice of Thaïs
A documentary about the first woman to direct a film in Spain
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.
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
Ramón Rubio
Self - Film Curator
Julien Avet
Self - Film Curator
Núria Cardona
Self - Relative
Toni Cardona
Self - Relative
Rosendo Pich
Self - Tobacconist
Francisco Franco
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Elena Jordi
Self - Actress (voice) (archive footage)
Director
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