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The Grass Dwellers

The memory of a hidden landscape.

202212mNo ratings yet
  • Drama
  • War
  • History
  • Documentary

Overview

Juan Méndez Bernal leaves his house on the 9th of april of 1936 to fight in the imminent Spanish Civil War. 83 years later, his body is still one of the Grass Dwellers. The only thing that he leaves from those years on the front is a collection of 28 letters in his own writing.

Keywords

  • death
  • family
  • loneliness
  • portrait
  • human rights
  • personal diary
  • hate
  • spanish civil war (1936-39)
  • social issues
  • culture
  • experimental
  • non violent
  • policial
  • debut

Details

Status
Released
Release date
November 28, 2022
Original language
Spanish
Spoken languages
Spanish
Countries
Spain
Production
Hiraeth Films,Instituto del Cine de Madrid,Lágrima Films
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
Homepage
Official site
The Grass Dwellers (2022) | Kinocult