Las Hurdes, a Land with Soul

Sep 17, 2015

1h 1m

★ 5.5

Overview

A modern answer to Luis Buñuel's mythical documentary “Land Without Bread” (1933) about Las Hurdes, a historically impoverished region of the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, and also a journey of discovery of the soul of this beautiful land and its inhabitants.

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Production Companies

Canal Extremadura

Tensacalma

TVE

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Cast

Herself

Adriana Ugarte

Himself

Jimmy Barnatán

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