The Year of the Discovery
The Year of the Discovery

Movie·2020·3h 20m

The Year of the Discovery

Country

Spain

Language

Spanish

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Original title: El año del descubrimiento

In 1992 – 500 years after the beginning of Spain's global empire with the discovery of America – Spain proudly presented itself to the international community as a modern, developed, dynamic country through the Olympic Games in Barcelona and the Expo in Seville. But for filmmaker Luis López Carrasco (1981, Murcia), 1992 was also the year in which the regional parliament building in Cartagena was razed during furious protests against the threatened closure of various local industries. El año del descubrimiento revives this almost forgotten history in a typical Spanish bar in Cartagena, where different generations come together to drink, eat, smoke and talk. Stories from witnesses, demonstrators and strikers from back then and discussions among younger café visitors on themes such as class consciousness, the economic crisis and the role of unions percolate to the surface amidst talk of other life issues.

Written By

Raúl Liarte

Producer

Luis Ferrón Ferri, David Epiney

Cinematography

Sara Gallego

Editor

Sergio Jiménez

Themes

street riotslabor strikeeconomic crisis1990scartagena, spain

Production House

LaCima Producciones
Alina Film

Audience Score

68%

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Crew

Luis Ferrón Ferri

Producer

David Epiney

Producer

Sergio Jiménez

Sergio Jiménez

Editor

Sara Gallego

Sara Gallego

Director of Photography

Luis López Carrasco

Luis López Carrasco

Director, Writer

Raúl Liarte

Writer

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