The first of Pere Portabella's fictional films to be shot entirely in color, Warsaw Bridge (1989) is also one of his greatest. From the dream-like opening montage of urban workspaces, icons of turn-of-the-century Modernisme, and enveloping Romanesque arcades to the surreal final sequence, the film explores the layers of art and memory embedded in Barcelona. Portabella collaborated closely with composer Carles Santos (who also served as co-writer), and the film's most ambitious and astonishing sequence connects television footage of trucks driving at night, shots of Barcelona's famous fish market, and an elaborately staged operatic performance. For Portabella, it is cinema alone that offers the possibility of bridging different locations, art forms, and ideas of past and future.