72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
Languages
Official
Sponsors
Media
Partner

Extranjeros de sí mismos / STRANGERS TO THEMSELVES

José Luis López-Linares, Javier Rioyo
     84 m.
Synopsis
Director
The directors of this documentary spent two years interviewing tens of men and women volunteers for far-off battles who have actually been to the real scenes of these dramas, from the frozen waters of the Wolchov to the beautiful and harsh Alcarria steppe. The personal stories of some of the members of those heterodox legions of epic figures, of deserters, of adventurers, of daydreamers full of burning passion or of orthodox revolutionaries. Young Communists or anti-Communists. Young people who, from opposing ideologies or social classes, fought with the conviction that they would change the world: although they knew neither how, nor when, nor for whom. Thousands of young people who became strangers to themselves. The voluntary or involuntary seekers of a journey full of unforeseen adventures. The greatest adventure of their lives.
Director
José Luis López-Linares, Javier Rioyo
Screenplay
Javier Rioyo
Photography
José Luis López-Linares, Teo Delgado
Edition
Pablo Blanco
Sales
Cero en Conducta
Running Time
84 m.
Official Sponsor:
Media Partner:
Official Collaborators:
Associated Institutions: