Sven Tuytens

In 1984, three children were abandoned at a Barcelona train station with no memory of their identity or past. Unclaimed, they were adopted into loving homes. As adults, they now search for their biological parents.

The documentary ‘Les mamàs Belgues’ directed by Sven Tuytens is the story of 21 young women from Belgium who volunteered in 1937 to work as nurses in a Valencian military hospital, looking after republican soldiers.

In 1984, three children were abandoned at a Barcelona train station with no memory of their identity or past. Unclaimed, they were adopted into loving homes. As adults, they now search for their biological parents.

The documentary ‘Les mamàs Belgues’ directed by Sven Tuytens is the story of 21 young women from Belgium who volunteered in 1937 to work as nurses in a Valencian military hospital, looking after republican soldiers.