74SSIFF - 18/26 September 2026
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Cuelgamuros, entre lo difícil y lo imposible / Cuelgamuros, Between the Difficult and the Impossible

Manu Diéguez, Belén Alonso Fernández-Pacheco
Spain      63 m.
50 years of freedom
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For the first time a recording is made of the Cuelgamuros crypts, hidden behind the walls of the basilica chancels. There, more than 33,800 people are buried in Spain's biggest mass grave. We enter with the forensic team who, since 2023, have been trying to locate and identify 214 of them. We will discover surprising findings and hear the harsh criticism, denunciations and bureaucracy facing them after taking on a historical challenge that they themselves believed to be impossible.

Director
Manu Diéguez (Spain), Belén Alonso Fernández-Pacheco (Spain)
Screenplay
Belén Alonso Fernández-Pacheco
Production
Radio Televisión Española (Spain)
Ana Sánchez Fonseca
Photography
Juan Fco. Lage
Editing
Ernesto de la Calle
Sound
Victor Rojas
Featuring
Francisco Etxeberria (coordinador equipo forense), Lourdes Herrasti (arqueóloga), Elisa Cabrerizo (médica forense), René Pacheco (arqueólogo), Inmaculada Alemán (antropóloga)
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Run time
63 m.
Original language of the film
Spanish
Country
Spain
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