Underplayed Gems

A World at Its End. A Speech (2020)

A World at Its End. A Speech poster
Original title
Palabras para un fin del mundo
Directed by
Manuel Menchón
Genre
documentary film, historical film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
12
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This documentary examines the circumstances around Miguel de Unamuno's death in 1936. It uses official documents and testimonies to question the accepted story about what happened to him.

investigativeserioushistoricalsomberreflectivedocumentary-styleunsettling

What happens

Palabras para un fin del mundo es un documental español presentado inicialmente dentro de la programación de la 65.ª edición de la SEMINCI (Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid) el 25 de octubre de 2020,​ dirigido por Manuel Menchón, en el que basándose «en datos y declaraciones contrastadas y en documentos oficiales» se desvelan una serie de supuestas irregularidades cometidas a raíz del fallecimiento del escritor y filósofo Miguel de Unamuno la tarde del 31 de diciembre de 1936 que cuestionan la versión oficial de su muerte comúnmente admitida hasta ahora.​​ Cuenta con las voces entre otros de José Sacristán (Miguel de Unamuno), Marián Álvarez (narradora), Antonio de la Torre (Emilio Mola), Víctor Clavijo (José Millán-Astray) o Andrés Gertrúdix (Bartolomé Aragón),​ así como con las colaboraciones documentales del Ayuntamiento y la Universidad de Salamanca, la Casa-Museo de Unamuno, etc.​ Se estrenó en cines de ocho ciudades españolas (entre ellas Salamanca y Valladolid) el 13 de noviembre de 2020.​​​ (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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