Carlos Saura, four relationships, six sons and one daughter, Anna, his muse

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There were just over twenty-four hours left for Carlos Saura to receive the Goya de Honor at the awards gala held this Saturday in Seville.

The filmmaker will not be able to receive it while he is alive, since just this Friday, the day before, Saura died at his home in

, surrounded by his family.

You will not be able to receive it, but you have been able to

knowing that you were deserving of it and that it had already been granted to you.

Carlos Saura (Huesca, 1932) had a very extensive and active professional career, being at the foot of the canyon until the last moment.

In fact, last Friday he premiered

, his latest film.

But also on a personal level, he knew how to enjoy life as much as he could.

Saura was the

all of whom were children of the marriage formed by Antonio Saura Pacheco and Fermina Atarés Torrente.

Although he began studying to become an industrial engineer, he soon became fond of photography, even making reports with a

, shortly before deciding to enter the Institute of Cinematographic Research and Experiences in Madrid, following the advice of his brother Antonio.

From then on, his professional career was most fruitful, as was his personal life, which he tried to keep in the most absolute discretion.

He was

-six boys and one girl-, the result of his four romantic relationships, three of which ended in a wedding.

At the end of the 1960s, he met the documentary director and

, whom he married in Barcelona, ​​a marriage from which his first two sons, Antonio -film producer- and Carlos, were born.

The marriage ended in a divorce, and it was during the Berlin Film Festival that he met

.

They spent a little over ten years together, sharing life and work, like in the movie 'Elisa, my life'.

The result of this relationship was born the third son of the filmmaker, Shane.

After his break with the daughter of Charles Chaplin, Saura fell in love with

a young woman who worked in his house.

From that relationship, which did end in marriage, three children were born, Diego, Adrián and Manuel.

But it also failed, and the couple divorced in the late 1990s.

It was with his movie 'Shoot!'

when Saura met the

whom he married years later, in 2006.

Lali, he called her.

Saura was the director of the film and Eulalia, one of the leading actresses.

He was 74 years old and she was 46. It was an intimate wedding held in the mountains of Madrid, which gave rise to a marriage that has lasted until the death of the filmmaker

From this relationship,

, whom he considered his muse, as he was heard to say on several occasions.

Anna accompanied her father to numerous events and public events, the two being practically inseparable.

And she has also wanted to dedicate herself to

.

She carries it in her blood.

Just a few days ago -on February 3rd-, the young woman published images on Social Networks with her father of the filming during the last two years of

, the latest documentary film by Carlos Saura, announcing that it was already in movie theaters.

Today, after the death of her father, she published a beautiful black and white image of both of them, while she was still a child.

"

. I love you, always."

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