74SSIFF - 18/26 September 2026
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El desencanto

Jaime Chávarri
Spain      96 m.
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Following the death of the official poet of the Francoist regime, Leopoldo Panero, his widow (Felicidad Blanc) and his three sons (Juan Luis, Leopoldo María and Michi) meet to remember his figure. Shot in the final stages of the Franco era, the film became an unwitting metaphor of a country that was starting to air its secrets and into an emblem of the Spanish Transition.

Director
Jaime Chávarri (Spain)
Screenplay
Jaime Chávarri
Production
Elías Querejeta P.C (Spain)
Elías Querejeta
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Video Mercury Films (Spain)
Distribution
Video Mercury Films (Spain)
Photography
Teodoro Escamilla, Juan Ruiz
Editing
Jose Salcedo
Sound
Bernardo Mens
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Video Mercury Films
Featuring
Felicidad Blanc, Juan Luis Panero, Leopoldo María Panero, Michi Panero
Format
DCP
Run time
96 m.
Original language of the film
Spanish
Country
Spain
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