6.22.2010

Libertarias/Freedomfighters Fim

A friend of mine sent me a link to watch this film. Months later I am watching it because now I have some time. Either way I would like to share this with you. I just copied and pasted the info that was at the bottom  of the page. I only started to watch it at this moment, so there is no direct opinion.
It is a historical film that deals with Feminism and Anarchism during the Spanish civil war.
English:
 In the midst of the Spanish Revolution and Spanish Civil War in Barcelona, militia women Pilar (Ana Belen) and Floren (Victoria Abril) are joined by former prostitute Charo (Loles Leon) and former nun Maria (Ariadna Gil). The film opens with scenes of working class militants demolishing and burning religious icons, as they shout "down with Capitalism!" and "long live the libertarian revolution!" While fully immersed in the overall enthusiasm of revolutionary Spain, Pilar and friends find themselves fighting against deep gender inequality which complicates their efforts in the war against Francisco Franco's Nationalist/Fascist/Catholic forces. They encounter resistance even within their own "Free Women" (Mujeres Libres) organization as one woman (that resembles Federica Montseny) tries to persuade them to stay and work in defense factories, while men try to convince them to go work as cooks, not front-line soldiers


Castellano: 
En los primeros días de la Guerra Civil Española una joven monja que huye de su convento, conoce casualmente a un grupo de milicianas anarquistas de la organización feminista del movimiento libertario español llamada Mujeres Libres. Las acompañará al frente del Ebro cerca de Zaragoza, donde vivirá los rigores de la guerra y de la Revolución social española de 1936.



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