''Canciones para después de una guerra'' ("Songs for after a war") is a 1971

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

film directed and written by

Basilio Martín Patino Basilio Martín Patino (29October 193013August 2017) was a Spanish film director, specializing in a creative approach to documentary works. Patino produced pieces on the Spanish Civil War (''Canciones para después de una guerra''), the famous d ...

based on post-

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. It was done in secret in 1971 and was not released until 1976, shortly after the death of

Francisco Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde (born Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general and dictator who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces i ...

Description

The film consists on a series of archival footage, all previously approved by the Francoist censorship, with popular songs of the time that give a second meaning, often satirical, to what is displayed.EL SILENCIO OSCURO
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* Spanish documentary films Spanish musical films 1971 films 1976 films Films directed by Basilio Martín Patino 1970s Spanish films {{music-documentary-film-stub