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While the Fallas Burn

Mientras arden las fallas1929

Overview

Film directed by Miguel Monleón with plot and intertitles by Valencian journalists José Fernández Caireles and Federico Miñana. It is a fictionalized documentary on Valencia's festivity that takes a fictional story as its common thread, the journey of a jealous husband, Chordi, from Alcoi to the city looking for his wife, Riteta, who is gone with a friend to see the Fallas after arguing with his man about his new film-inspired haircut.

Details

Status
Released
Release date
January 25, 1929
Original language
Spanish
Countries
Spain
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
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