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El paisano: Un retrato colectivo (2005)

El paisano: Un retrato colectivo poster
Directed by
Ramón Luis Bande
Genre
documentary film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 28m
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This documentary uses the life of a Spanish communist activist to tell the story of anti-Franco resistance in the Asturias region. It pieces together interviews and archival material to create a collective portrait of political struggle and democratic memory.

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What happens

El Paisano: Un retrato colectivo es un largometraje documental español estrenado en 2005, dirigido y escrito por Ramón Lluís Bande. La película se centra en la figura de Horacio Fernández Inguanzo (conocido como "El Paisano"), un histórico líder del Partido Comunista de España (PCE) y activista social de Asturias, utilizando su biografía como hilo conductor para explorar la historia de la resistencia antifranquista y la memoria democrática en la región. El documental forma parte de la filmografía del Nuevo Cine Asturiano. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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