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Since his first away goal against Granada CF at the Nuevo Los Cármenes stadium
Iago Aspas has forged an everlasting trajectory
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These data highlight the Afouteza and Corazón of a player who is soul for the sky blue team and that this Friday, before the RC Celta – CA Osasuna match, will collect his ninth Manuel de Castro Hándicap award for his incredible performance
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“My film is an anti-power movie: in particular against that of the patriarchy”
by Alfonso Rivera
26/03/2021 - With this documentary revolving around a feminist struggle
the Galician director scooped the Special Award for Best Director of a Spanish Premiere at the most recent Seville European Film Festival
Margarita Ledo Andión (Castro de Rei, Lugo, 1951) is a filmmaker, writer and professor of Audiovisual Communication at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. With her latest film, Nation [+see also: film reviewtrailerinterview: Margarita Ledo Andiónfilm profile]
she pocketed the Special Award for Best Director of a Spanish Film Having Its National or World Premiere at the 2020 Seville European Film Festival
The filmmaker answered this writer’s phone call while in Santiago in order to discuss the feature
which is hitting Spanish screens on 26 March
Cineuropa: It’s impossible not to use the adjective “feminist” when referring to Nation: is this a never-ending struggle?Margarita Ledo Andión: That’s exactly what it is. The problem lies in changing people’s mentality, which is something that’s not easy to achieve. The film has a quality label from the ICAA defining it as “recommended for the promotion of gender equality”
this is a long and winding road because it seems like we have overcome certain issues
because it’s all about changing values that have been ingrained throughout history and that have taken root
They just come out at certain points because even if you think you’re not a male chauvinist
Even when women feel at ease in their submissive role
they are replicating those assimilated values
And what moved me about filming with these women is that they started working at the age of 14
At the very point when they start interacting with one another
they intuitively start to organise themselves and end up structuring themselves into a union
these are women who will no longer take a step back
As soon as we had our first weekly pay packet
to build up self-esteem and to gain recognition from our families and other people
That’s how women started to feel like citizens
with the right to participate in everything
How did you manage to include those old films illustrating the historic moments?I coordinate a research project about films in non-hegemonic languages
which is strongly connected to European policies on diversity
and we have published three volumes entitled Para una historia del cine en lengua gallega [lit
“For a History of Cinema in the Galician Language”]
I gained access to the archives of the public TV channel
where I came across material that hadn’t even been classified
They had to digitise it so that I could watch it
and I unearthed uncut material that had not been edited by the TV channel itself
which meant that it wasn’t organised in line with the media discourse
The confrontational moments that appear in the film imply emancipation for the women: it could well be that they are thwarted or do not gain their rights
they overcome their fears and leap over the social barrier
I worked on the visual aspect of that material
which sends shivers down one’s spine and makes one feel unsettled because of its imperfections
it depicts the difficult conditions under which it was recorded
Both for the women who were at the heart of the events that you narrate and for the actresses
for example?I wanted different female profiles
so some of them have one that’s more agitated (such as the trade unionist) or there’s the one who’s the unifying thread
that wandering sibyl who’s dedicated herself to a life as a single woman
who encapsulates that profile of a caregiver and a smuggler: she passes on her own experience to various generations
the participants came to realise that it was a film
because they had previously thought it was a TV programme or report
But it’s not something consigned to being a mere minor statement; rather
It’s an anti-power film (in particular against that of the patriarchy)
given that the epic tale of these women was very blurry
The male-focused epic tale is remembered more widely
the characters look directly into the camera
in search of some mutual understanding from the viewer.That is a constant in my films
The glance towards the cinema stalls is a small gesture that implores the person watching you to make contact with you somehow
It’s therefore trying to establish that invisible thread with everything that makes up a film and
with the screen as a passageway and a barrier
It goes far beyond the screen and establishes a community with the female viewers: in this way
it confirms that the film exists on the screen
and thus constitutes a demand for the cinemas and screens to remain open and active
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La Desbandá' was one of the most tragic episodes of the Spanish Civil War
when thousands of people from Malaga fled by road towards Almeria after Franco’s troops entered the city in February 1937
there were many unsung heroes whose courageous acts are gradually being brought to light
One of these people was lighthouse keeper Anselmo Antonio Vilar García
who for two nights turned off the Torre del Mar lighthouse in an effort to prevent thousands of people from being killed as Italian troops bombed the Malaga to Almeria road (now the N-340)
Vélez-Málaga town hall now wants to remember the figure of Vilar
who kept the lighthouse of Torre del Mar switched off during the early hours of 6 and 7 February 1937
It is working alongside local journalist and researcher
who has compiled information on Vilar and has written a number of articles about him
The town hall is looking into the best site to commemorate this hero of ‘La Desbandá'
coinciding with the 85th anniversary of the tragedy
after speaking to five survivors who were able to confirm the events
Vilar took charge of the lighthouse when he was 48
"life was soon to put him in a momentous situation.”
tens of thousands of people left not only Malaga
but also Cadiz and Loja in Granada province
besieged by Franco-supporting Italian forces who launched their attack from the skies and the sea
the refugees crowded into Torre del Mar in an attempt to hide from the bombs
knowing that thousands of people were hiding near his lighthouse
made his decision: he turned off the lights to prevent the planes from getting their bearings and continuing their slaughter
There is no official record of the lighthouse keeper's fate
but Vilar is believed to have been captured and killed inside the walls of Vélez-Málaga's cemetery
"It is for this heroic act that we think he should be honoured and thanked," concluded Hurtado
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