MovieIn the Lost City
2009 · Released · 18 min
A documentary about the city of Madrid as it appears in Spanish films from the fifties. This is a small homage to everyone who filmed and portrayed Madrid in spite of the dictatorship, censorship, and critical situation of industry and society.
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