The politicians talked democracy while citizens bled for it — who's lying in this oral history?
A history of the Spanish Transition told in first person by the main protagonists: on the one hand, the politicians, idealistic or merely opportunistic, who brought it to a successful conclusion in the tribunes and offices; on the other hand, the citizens who, in the streets, supported it sincerely or fought it with ferocity.
Direction
Siblings Bartolomé weaponize juxtaposition like political grenades
Editing
Elite smiles crash against worker strikes — no commentary needed
Director
Cecilia Bartolomé
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Felipe González's early socialist government, the Bartolomés risked state funding by questioning whether 1978's consensus was genuine democracy or elite pact-making.
Ana Belén appears as herself, fresh from anti-Franco activism — her presence links cultural resistance to political memory.
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