- The Spanish “Day of Remembrance and tribute to all the victims of Francoism” has been formally collected by the Law of Democratic Memory, which came into force on October 20, 2022 (Ley 20/2022, de 19 de octubre, de Memoria Democrática). On this day in 1978, the Spanish Congress and the Senate approved the text of the new Spanish Constitution.
- Coinciding with the commemoration, the EUROM, Cornelius Films and the Filmoteca de Catalunya co-organize an act around the feature film “Song to a lady in the shadow”, by Carolina Astudillo. The session will take place on November 02 at 8 pm, and will be introduced by the director of the EUROM, Jordi Guixé.
Agenda
November 02, 2022 | 8 pm
Sala Chamón – Filmoteca de Catalunya
- Welcome and presentation by Jordi Guixé, director of the EUROM, and Carolina Astudillo Muñoz, filmmaker
- Music interpretation by Lisa Bause and Carles Mestre (original soundtrack)
- Screening
- Conversation with the audience, conducted by Marina Vinyes (Filmoteca de Catalunya) and Enrique Fibla
Synopsis
After fighting on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War, a man goes into exile in France. His wife stays with his children waiting for him in a Catalan town, and she goes to work in a factory to support her family. He writes numerous letters to her, but the years go by, and he does not return. A Greek choir recounts stories of the many Penelopes who did not succumb to the trap of the loom and wait impassively after the civil war.