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Update · THE SILENCE OF OTHERS
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PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY ALMUDENA CARRACEDO AND ROBERT BAHAR
EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY PEDRO ALMODÓVAR
What if within the ‘60s you had been sadistically tortured in your political opinions – and the person accountable (Antonio González Pacheco, aka “Billy the Kid”) was now your neighbor? The bloody Spanish Civil War (1936-39) was adopted by the Franco dictatorship that ended solely along with his demise in 1975 – after which a regulation granted amnesty for crimes dedicated all through this era. THE SILENCE OF OTHERS tackles the authorized/political questions that this enforced obliviousness has created, and equally compelling, the existential conundrum of dwelling in a nation during which nobody has been charged with the homicide of a whole bunch of 1000’s, buried in additional than 2000 mass graves. A brand new motion in Spain confronts these onerous truths. With the rise of authoritarian regimes around the globe – and with human rights abuses being dedicated on our personal border – this movie couldn’t be extra well timed.
Presented with help from the Richard Brick, Geri Ashur, and Sara Bershtel Fund for Social Justice Documentaries
SPAIN / USA 2018 96 MINS IN SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
ARGOT PICTURES
Reviews
“Intelligently transports us from sadness to hope, with stirring testimonies, historical documents and intimae, raw scenes of real life . A raw melancholy accompanies the film from start to finish. The lead characters are a courageous and persistent group of civilian. Someone once told me that in Spain, nothing is true until it bleeds. (The film) cruises with a deliberately slow and serous rhythm, like a Holy Week procession… seeking to open cracks in the monolith of post-Francoism obliviousness. The compelling story retains an emotional pulse throughout.”
– Robert Jove, Modern Times Review
“Stirring. A solid piece of in-depth factual reportage. Well-crafted and informative. A very necessary story, delivered with rigor and conviction.”
– Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter
“An elegant reckoning. Clear-sighted and approachable… with all the force of a classic political thriller by Costa-Gavras or Francesco Rosi.”
– Allan Hunter, Screen International
“Momentous. Must be seen on the big screen. Hauntingly beautiful. Stylistically situated somewhere between NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT and THE ACT OF KILLING.”
– Musanna Ahmed, Film Inquiry