The Best (and Worst) Times Lorca ‘Visited’ Cannes: From a Daring Documentary in the 1950s to a Film with Robert Pattinson

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Lorca in Cannes! The selection of The Black Ball, the last film of the tandem Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, as one of the three Spanish representatives in the official section to contest the next Cannes film festival (which is held from 12 to 26 May), has generated enthusiasm: more than anyone else, from the authors themselves, who have ensured that they feel “blessed by Lorca”. His script is inspired so much by the outline of a theatrical p…