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Memorias sin batallas y otros muertos

1992 · 22 min

A quiet, dreamlike documentary essay that drifts between memory and reconstruction, asking you to sit with absence and history rather than follow a story.

Overview: Docu-drama shows the director on her demythologising quest in Aragon for the truth about the Spanish Civil War. The film is a surrealistic reconstruction of what her, in those days executed grandfather, has gone through.

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
death
war
grief
family
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	0
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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