The Grass Dwellers

Movie"The memory of a hidden landscape."
The Grass Dwellers
NR 12 minDocumentary, War, History, Drama
Juan Méndez Bernal leaves his house on the 9th of april of 1936 to fight in the imminent Spanish Civil War. 83 years later, his body is still one of the Grass Dwellers. The only thing that he leaves from those years on the front is a collection of 28 letters in his own writing.
DirectorPablo Pagán Méndez Kodiak
WriterPablo Pagán Méndez Kodiak

Movie Details

Original Language:Spanish
Production Companies:Lágrima Films, Hiraeth Films, Instituto del Cine de Madrid
The Grass Dwellers on the Web:Official Website
Movie Tags:
familyexperimentaldeathlonelinessspanish civil war (1936-39)human rightsportraitculturesocial issuesdebut