To celebrate the UK premiere of Menú degustació we are pleased to welcome director Roger Gual and actress Marta Torné.
Roger Gual, born in Barcelona in 1973, made his feature film debut in 2002 when he co-wrote and co-directed Smoking Room. The film received multiple prestigious film prizes, and finally was awarded with the Goya by the Spanish Film Academy for the best first feature film of 2002.
In 2005 he shot his second feature film, Remake, which opened in theatres all over Spain and was invited to several international film festivals including Mar del Plata (Argentina), Montreal (Canada), and of course ¡Viva! 2007. The lead Juan Diego won best actor in the 9th Malaga Spanish Film Festival.
In 2010 he turned his hand to theatre, directing the play Mas alla del Puente, which opened in both Barcelona and in Madrid to rave reviews. The play was performed in cities all over Spain in a grand tour that lasted almost two years.
In 2012 he shot his third feature film, a multi-lingual Spanish-Irish coproduction entitled Menú degustació (Tasting Menu). The film stars veteran Irish actors Fionnula Flanagan (The Guard) and Stephen Rea (Blackthorn, The Crying Game) alongside a mainly Catalan cast, including our accompanying guest Marta Torné, a familiar face for Spanish TV audiences.