Isona Passola: “I see those who haven't retired as younger, happier, and more beautiful.”

Isona Passola i Vidal (Barcelona, ​​1953) has just been re-elected to preside over the Ateneu Barcelonès for another four years. Former president of the Catalan Film Academy, her greatest success as a producer was the film Pa negre, which garnered thirteen Gaudí Awards, a new Goya, and an Oscar nomination. Involved in multiple cultural projects, I intend to take this conversation with Isona Passola into more personal territory. Her father, the Catalan businessman Ermengol Passola; her husband, Jordi Teixidor, who died in 2016; her son Juan, who manages the Texas cinemas; and her name, which has become a brand: Isona.