Carmen Pisano was a pioneer of Spanish cinema.

According to Barbara Zecchi, her name first appeared on the list of Lumière cinematograph owners in the travelling fair stalls at the Fiestas de Bilbao in 1898. She was possibly of Italian origin, as in various documents she appears as either Pissano or Pizana. She married Enrique Farrús: a Catalonian involved in the cinematograph business, to whom she gave the nickname ‘El Farrusini’. The spectacle known as ‘The Temple of Metamorphosis’ has traditionally been attributed to him. However, on occasion the couple would set themselves up in separate stalls at the fairs they attended, inviting us to rethink the role of Carmen Pisano as an artistic agent. Having settled in Zaragoza in 1907, the couple established the Farrusini Cinema in which Luis Buñuel, amongst others, would have his first contact with the seventh art. We may suppose that Pisano continued working with her husband until they both retired in 1912, moving to Barcelona until her death in 1929.

MAE, Óscar Palomares Navarro, 2020