The Instituto Cervantes in Manchester, in collaboration with the Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival, is hosting a new session dedicated to promoting Spanish language through cinema, featuring the screening of Almudena [The Writer: Almudena Grandes] by Azucena Rodríguez.
Synopsis:
In this posthumous documentary, we discover the vivacious vision of the late Almudena Grandes, a Spanish fiction-writer who read, wrote and loved on both sides of the Atlantic. Through the lens of Almudena herself, or others such as her husband Luis, this intimate portrait of this complex writer not only illuminates her worldview and various opinions on life and writing, but keeps her memory alive and celebrates her work, experiences, and spirit. The film, a mixture of conversations, testimonies, and unedited footage, ranging from domestic scenes to local festivities and summer dinners outside, the documentary takes on the tremendous task of holistically capturing a life as accurately as possible.
Spain (2025), 80 min
Age certificate: PG
Language: Spanish (with English subtitles)