Brotfabrik Kino

In this film, which relies primarily on original documents, director Paco Rios and Abel Paz, author of the well-known Durruti biography, attempt to approach the life of the metalworker and anarchist. Not only Buenaventura Durruti himself has his say, but also his life partner Emilienne Morin and numerous other contemporaries.

The documentary film provides a deep insight into a largely forgotten but still inspiring event of recent history: the self-determined collectivization of 80% of the Catalan economy between 1936 and 1939. In response to the fascist coup of General Franco in July 1936, the workers of Catalonia answered with a social revolution.

David is an unemployed communist that comes to Spain in 1937 during the civil war to enroll the republicans and defend the democracy against the fascists. He makes friends between the soldiers.

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the group and eventually goes to the front. The women's group faces the problems of fighting not only the nationalists, but also factions on the left seeking to impose a more traditional military structure.

The Living Memory Project began back in 2009 on the 70th anniversary of the end of the Spanish Civil War with the recording of the event, organized in Paris to the Spanish Exiles and the victims of the Nazi extermination camp of Mauthausen. Our goal thereafter focused on collecting the greatest possible number of testimonies related to the history of Spanish anarcho-syndicalism. As part of the celebrations of 100 years of CNT we set up the project, the union decided to fund it and we set off . We travelled 12,000 km visiting three countries relying on the logistical support of CNT and selfless work of their members as well as partners Malicious Films GuerrillART. This is the result: -80 hours worth of records -300 hours worth of testimony in timing and transcription meant for reference purposes at the Anselmo Lorenzo Foundation -0 actors