Far from the Trees

May 19, 1972

1h 40m

★ 5.8

Overview

An unprejudiced portrait of Spanish folklore and a crude analysis in black and white of its intimate relationship with atavism and superstition, with violence and pain, with blood and death; a story of terror, a journey to the most sinister and ancestral Spain; the one that lived far from the most visited tourist destinations, from the economic miracle and unstoppable progress, relentlessly promoted by the Franco regime during the sixties.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Luis González Seara

Voice (voice)

Manuel Cano

Voice (voice)

Marta Mejías

Self - Dancer

Antonio Gades

Self - Toreador

Antonio 'Chamaco' Borrero

Self - Toreador (uncredited)

Manuel Benítez el Cordobés

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