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The Year of the Discovery

6.8(21)20203h 20m1

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.

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Spanish
  • street riots
  • labor strike
  • economic crisis
  • 1990s
  • cartagena, spain

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Spain, Switzerland

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  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNew York Film Festival7 Oct 2020
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCinéma du Réel13 Mar 2020
  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereHamburg Film Festival27 Sept 2020
  • GreeceGR

    • PremiereThessaloniki Documentary Festival28 May 2020
  • NetherlandsNL

    • PremiereALInternational Film Festival Rotterdam25 Jan 2020
  • PortugalPT

    • PremiereIndieLisboa International Film Festival28 Aug 2020
  • South KoreaKR

    • PremiereJeonju International Film Festival28 May 2020
  • SpainES

    • PremiereSeville European Film Festival7 Nov 2020
    • Theatrical1213 Nov 2020

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