Archive of films Mexican Suitcase / La maleta Mexicana
Mexico / Spain
2011, 90 min
Section:
Documentary Films - Out of Competition
Year: 2011
A film which tells the story of the discovery of a suitcase containing 4,500 negatives taken by famous photographers such as Robert Capa, Gerda Taro and David "Chim” Seymour, who here presented their personal testimonies of the different faces of the civil war in Spain. Three story lines depict the journey of the negatives from France to Mexico and trace the role Mexico played in the civil war and its significance for refugees from Spain, whose descendants subsequently became Mexican citizens. The film also examines the attitude of today’s young generation of Spaniards towards the fate of their ancestors who lost their lives in the civil war.
Synopsis
A film which tells the story of the discovery of a suitcase containing 4,500 negatives taken by famous photographers such as Robert Capa, Gerda Taro and David "Chim” Seymour, who presented their personal testimonies of the different faces of the civil war in Spain. Three story lines depict the journey of the negatives from France to Mexico and trace the role Mexico played in the civil war and its significance for refugees from Spain, whose descendants subsequently became Mexican citizens. The film also examines the attitude of today’s young generation of Spaniards towards the fate of their ancestors who lost their lives in the civil war.
Contacts
Mallerich Films Paco Poch
Passeig Mare de Déu del Coll, 30, local, 08023, Barcelona
Spain
Tel: +34 932 033 025
Fax: +34 932 053 420
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.pacopoch.cat
About the film
Color, DCP
World premiere
Section: | Documentary Films - Out of Competition |
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Director: | Trisha Ziff |
Screenplay: | Trisha Ziff |
Dir. of Photography: | Claudio Rocha |
Music: | Michael Nyman, Gerard Pastor |
Editor: | Luis López, Bernat Aragonés |
Producer: | Eamon O’Farrill, Trisha Ziff, Paco Poch |
Production: | Mallerich Films, 212 Berlin |
Contact: | Mallerich Films Paco Poch |
Guests
Víctor Cavaller
Producer
Paco Poch
Co-producer, Journalist