Spain in Two Trenches: The Civil War in Color
Francesc Escribano, Luis Carrizo | Documentary
2016 | 96 minutes | Spain
The extraordinary and moving story of the convulsive years of the Spanish Civil War (1935-1939) is explained as never seen before thanks to the coloring and restoration of 150,000 frames.
Synopsis
The extraordinary and moving story of the convulsive years of the Spanish Civil War (1935-1939) is explained as never seen before. Thanks to the latest digital techniques, this first-of-its-kind production in Spain has restored and colored over 150,000 spectacular frames and sequences in order to depict the great tragedy to take place in Spain. It was three years of fighting, destruction and death, which transformed the country forever and led up to the Second World War.
Reviews
"A necessary proposition about one of the main events that mark the history of Spain." — Astrid Meseguer, La Vanguardia
"A documentary that reviews each event, from the previous months to the start of the war to its final declaration. A film that should be added to every school in the country to be able to see, in color, what happened." — Javier Zurro, El Español
"The result is spectacular, and the point of view used to narrate the struggle establishes a necessary distance with the images so that the voice that chronologically describes the events in an even and expert manner. " — Sergio F. Pinalla, Cinemanía
Citation
Main credits
Escribano, Francesc (film director)
Carrizo, Luis (film director)
Montalà, Mercè (narrator)
Lucas, Manel (screenwriter)
Other credits
Editor, Isaac Bergadà; music, Israel Marco.
Citation
Cataloging
Pragda subjects
Culture + Identity
History
Human Rights
Iberian Studies
International Relations
Migration Studies
Political Science
Sociology
Keywords
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Festivals
SEMINCI Valladolid International Film Festival
Rasnov Films and Histories Festival
Impugning Impunity: Alba Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
Memorimage International Film Festival of Reus
DIRECTOR: Francesc Escribano, Luis Carrizo
NATIONALITY: Spain
YEAR: 2016
GENRE: Documentary
LANGUAGE: English; Spanish
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: High School, College, Adults
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE
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