Mar i Cel musical adapted for cinema by Paulí Subirà

After playing to more than 1.6 million theatregoers, Mar i Cel arrives on the big screen for the first time in a film adaptation directed by Paulí Subirà Claramunt, head of Image at the public broadcaster 3Cat. The film opens tomorrow at cinemas across Catalonia and at the Illa Carlemany cinemas in Andorra.

The production, which employed around fifty professionals, aims for an immersive approach that reimagines the Dagoll Dagom classic as a new audiovisual experience. Subirà says he wanted viewers to feel they were inside Mar i Cel, part of the story itself; to achieve this, he placed camera operators dressed as pirates amid the action to capture movement and emotion directly from the stage.

The cinematic version also includes previously unseen scenes and interludes designed to broaden the historical context and deepen the original narrative. “We have brought the theatre to the screen, using all the resources of cinema to tell the same story differently,” the director explains.

Rosa Romà, president of 3Cat, described Mar i Cel as “much more than a musical” and a symbol of Catalan cultural excellence. She added that the unprecedented production reaffirms the public broadcaster’s commitment to innovation and to promoting Catalan culture internationally.