31 Dec 1930
Esencia de verbena
Uninhibited description of what Spanish verbenas are and what their essence is, and of what nourishes and constitutes them both in recreational and popular territory and in a traditional institution.
Far from the Trees
An unprejudiced portrait of Spanish folklore and a crude analysis in black and white of its intimate relationship with atavism and superstition, with violence and pain, with blood and death; a story of terror, a journey to the most sinister and ancestral Spain; the one that lived far from the most visited tourist destinations, from the economic miracle and unstoppable progress, relentlessly promoted by the Franco regime during the sixties.
Top Billed Cast
Marta Mejías Voice (voice)
Antonio Gades Self - Dancer
Antonio 'Chamaco' Borrero Self - Toreador
Manuel Benítez el Cordobés Self - Toreador (uncredited)
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