Monday 17 March at 19:00 

The marriage of a sergeant in a run-down area near the harbour to a prostitute, who is constantly mocked and ridiculed for her past, forms the backbone of the narrative of this emblematic film. When it was shown during the junta, it surprised audiences with its strong denunciation of the dangerous combination of repressed sexuality and military discipline. In a country where the army was orchestrating a huge propaganda effort to appear as the saviour of the nation the exposure of brutality and absurdity of life in the barracks must not have escaped the discerning audience trained to decipher the hidden codes. Reminiscent of Pasolini, the sub-proletariat is unapologetically represented without any effort to embellish it. It can be argued that the film enters into a conversation with later Spanish films such as The Holy Innocents, exposing the harshness of rural life and the patriarchal norms that still dominated the periphery.

Restoration

The new digital copy was created in the framework of the action “Motherland, I see you”.