Spring Weekend, 13th edition
Screening courtesy of New Wave Films
Followed by a Q&A (tbc)
Dir. Víctor Iriarte
with Lola Dueñas, Ana Torrent, Manuel Egozkue
Spain/Portugal/France | 2023 | 95 min | cert. 15
In Spanish with English subtitles
Víctor Iriarte’s remarkable first feature film explores the issue of stolen children in Spain. Vera was forced to give up her newborn child for adoption when she was very young. Cora was unable to have children and adopted one, raising him as her own.
Vera’s passionate and obsessive search for her biological son will lead her to uncover a horrific network of abducted children from women who were considered “unsuitable” by both the State and the Church and that went on into the 1990s.
Enjoy a glass of Tío Pepe Fino courtesy of González Byass and some of the best jamón with the compliments of Spanish Master Ham before the screening from 6.15pm.
Ciné Lumière
at the Institut Français
17 Queensberry Place
South Kensington
London SW7 2DT
Box Office: 020 7871 3515
Riverside Studios
101 Queen Caroline Street
Hammersmith
London W6 9BN
Box Office: 020 8237 1010
We’d like to thank as well for their personal efforts, interest and support:
Marina Díaz López, Juan Blas Delgado, Nickolas Grace, Michela Bertolini, Antonio Molina Vázquez, Natacha Antolini, Prof. Maria Delgado, Prof. Peter W. Evans, Diane Gabrisiak, Thomas Riley, Bea Segura, Javier Fernández and Clara Caleo Green.