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Canciones para después de una guerra (1971)

Canciones para después de una guerra poster
Directed by
Basilio Martín Patino
Genre
documentary film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 55m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at Spain after its civil war, using popular songs and images from the time to show how people lived and felt. It was made in secret and only released after the dictator died.

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What happens

Canciones para después de una guerra ("Songs for after a war") is a 1971 Spanish documentary film directed and written by Basilio Martín Patino based on post-Spanish Civil War Spain. It was done in secret in 1971 and was not released until 1976, shortly after the death of Francisco Franco. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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