The EUROM – Fundació Solidaritat UB has been involved in the co-production of the docu-fiction hybrid Canción a una dama en la sombra (Song to a Lady in the Shadow) since 2019. Inspired by the stories of numerous women who were forced to rebuild their lives at the beginning of the Second World War, the feature film is the third directorial venture of Carolina Astudillo.
Produced by Cornelius Films, the movie was first presented to the public in March 2022 during the 25th edition of the Festival de Málaga and is available on Filmin. Prior to its release, it shocased at prominent professional markets, including Documenta Madrid 2021, Málaga Work in Progress, the European Film Market at Berlinale, and the Marché du Film in Cannes.
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After fighting on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War, a man is forced into exile in France. His wife remains behind in a Catalan town with their children, taking work in a factory to support the family. Despite his many letters to her, the years pass, and he never returns. A Greek chorus narrates the stories of countless “Penelopes” who, after the war, refused to fall into the trap of waiting passively at their metaphorical looms, instead forging their own paths.
A doc-fiction hybrid, it turns on a family whose father is exiled in France after fighting for the Republican government during the Spanish Civil War. Echoing Homer’s Penelope, his wife stays behind with their children in a Catalan village suffering hunger, deprivation, economic crisis and unemployment
Emilio Mayorga (Variety)
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