Les derniers jours de Franco - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

November 20, 1975, the dictator Francisco Franco died. He was 82 years old. With him, the longest dictatorship of the twentieth century disappears. The general ruled over 40 years on Spain. "The Last Days of Franco" tells the end of a man ...See moreNovember 20, 1975, the dictator Francisco Franco died. He was 82 years old. With him, the longest dictatorship of the twentieth century disappears. The general ruled over 40 years on Spain. "The Last Days of Franco" tells the end of a man who divided and still divides Spain. The film meets the testimonies of those who rubbed shoulders with the Caudillo and those who fought him. Her personal doctor describes the striking scenes of the agony of the Caudillo. His opponents evoke the iron grip that held the country. Since the civil war of 1936, with its hundreds of thousands of dead, until the 70s, prosperous but repressive, Franco has crushed all his enemies. Even today, his ghost haunts Spain. And the Catalan crisis has awakened old antagonisms, with Barcelona accusing Madrid of Francoist sympathies. Carles Puigdemont, former president of Catalonia testifies in the film since his forced exile. 43 years after his death, the authorities announced to exhume Franco of Valle de Los Caidos, the monumental burial place where he rests.See less