The film tells the touching story of Alfredito, a sacristan in a country church: in a long flashback he talks about his life and his deep love for his mother and for the Virgin Mary, both 'beloved mothers' (madres amadísimas). From the discovery of his sexual identity to his first love, from his military service to his move to the big city, his personal experience traces the history of Spain, from Franco's dictatorship to the achievement of democracy. A baroque melodrama where the protagonist's homosexuality and religious belief together form a single devotion, passionate and unwavering.

Yerma is desperate to have children, so when a psychic advises her to look outside her marriage to conceive, what can she say but yes?

Yerma is desperate to have children, so when a psychic advises her to look outside her marriage to conceive, what can she say but yes?

The Great Roundup was an operation organized by King Ferdinand VI and his minister, the Marquis of Ensenada, with the aim of exterminating the Romani population in Spain. Under the pretext of "cleansing" the country, between 10,000 and 12,000 Gypsies (almost 1% of the Gypsy population at the time) were captured without any trial or formal charges.

The Great Roundup was an operation organized by King Ferdinand VI and his minister, the Marquis of Ensenada, with the aim of exterminating the Romani population in Spain. Under the pretext of "cleansing" the country, between 10,000 and 12,000 Gypsies (almost 1% of the Gypsy population at the time) were captured without any trial or formal charges.

A documentary about the inner, unknown world of the brotherhoods, a universe of its own with its own laws, rules, and philosophy far removed from religion, which were (and in many ways still are) foreign to most people, especially the non-Andalusian majority in Spain. It is the only audiovisual document that captures the pivotal moment for the "people at the bottom" when professional bearers (dockworkers, day laborers, and various other wage earners) are being "pushed out" of the brotherhoods and replaced by fellow bearers. From an anthropological perspective, "Costaleros" projects peculiarities of Andalusian culture that are often misinterpreted and misunderstood from the outside.

A documentary about the inner, unknown world of the brotherhoods, a universe of its own with its own laws, rules, and philosophy far removed from religion, which were (and in many ways still are) foreign to most people, especially the non-Andalusian majority in Spain. It is the only audiovisual document that captures the pivotal moment for the "people at the bottom" when professional bearers (dockworkers, day laborers, and various other wage earners) are being "pushed out" of the brotherhoods and replaced by fellow bearers. From an anthropological perspective, "Costaleros" projects peculiarities of Andalusian culture that are often misinterpreted and misunderstood from the outside.

A documentary about the inner, unknown world of the brotherhoods, a universe of its own with its own laws, rules, and philosophy far removed from religion, which were (and in many ways still are) foreign to most people, especially the non-Andalusian majority in Spain. It is the only audiovisual document that captures the pivotal moment for the "people at the bottom" when professional bearers (dockworkers, day laborers, and various other wage earners) are being "pushed out" of the brotherhoods and replaced by fellow bearers. From an anthropological perspective, "Costaleros" projects peculiarities of Andalusian culture that are often misinterpreted and misunderstood from the outside.

A documentary essay that, through exclusively images, music and editing, aims to show a different image of the manipulated Andalusia that had been present on movie screens for many decades.

A documentary essay that, through exclusively images, music and editing, aims to show a different image of the manipulated Andalusia that had been present on movie screens for many decades.