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Calle Mayor (Main Street, 1953)
Written and directed by Juan Antonio Bardem
Starring: Betsy Blair, José Suárez, Manuel Alexandre
BY R. MARTÍNEZ
The Spanish Civil War has been considered one of the most horrendous events in the recent European history and has been depicted by a plethora of writers, philosophers and artists – Hemingway, Picasso and even Guillermo del Toro. But how much do we know about the thirty-five years General Franco ruled in Spain for? Under what conditions did Spaniards live in the 1940s and 50s, for example? This is a much obscure period, due mainly to Franco’s protectionist attitude towards international politics.
