02 Jan 1939
Spain
A feature-length documentary based on film reports from the Spanish civil war.
Las cerezas del exilio
This film reveals testimonies, reflections and memories from the experience of many Aragonese who, after the Republican defeat in the civil war, had to cross the Atlantic in search of survival.
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