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The Silence of Others
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The story of the tortuous struggle against the silence of the victims of the dictatorship imposed by General Franco after the victory of the rebel side in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1975). In a democratic country, but still ideologically divided, the survivors seek justice as they organize the so-called “Argentinian lawsuit” and denounce the legally sanctioned pact of oblivion that intends to hide the crimes they were subjects of.
Countries:
ES, CA
Languages:
Spanish
Runtime:
1hrs 35min
Status:
Released
Release date:
2019-01-25
Release format:
Streaming
— Feb 12, 2019
Imagine being attacked, and when the police arrive they tell you that you are under a legal obligation to forget what just happened to you.
_El silencio de otros_ (_The Silence of Others_), is a documentary produced by Pedro Almodóvar about victims under the Franco dictature in Spain who are fighting for justice against **a 1979 law that literally says crimes against citizens under Franco must be forgotten**. (Google 'Pact of Forgetting' for a shock.)
Hearing the stories of those people who were tortured, those children who watched their parents executed and thrown into mass graves, those women who had their children taken from them while still in the hospital after giving birth... I learned an enormous amount about the Franco regime and its aftermath, and left the cinema a total mess.
_The Silence of Others_ simply is a film strong enough to teach and to wreck me. (Oh, and the neo-fascists holding Spanish flags emblazoned with the English message 'Make Spain Great Again' is an image thick with meaning.)