Furrows (1951)

Original title

Surcos

Directed by

José Antonio Nieves Conde

Genre

drama film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In post-Civil War Madrid, a family moves from the countryside to the city looking for a better life. They struggle to find housing and jobs, and some turn to crime to survive, which tears the family apart.

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What happens

Furrows (Spanish: Surcos) is a 1951 Spanish film directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde, and written by him in collaboration with Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Eugenio Montes, and Natividad Zaro. It provides an unsettling portrait of post-War Madrid while dictator Francisco Franco was in power. The plot follows the struggles of a Spanish family as it emigrates from the countryside to Madrid circa 1950. Facing difficulties in finding housing and employment, several family members turn to illegal or immoral activities in order to make ends meet, and the traditional family structure disintegrates. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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