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The First Look

The First Look

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 7, 2024

Runtime

1h 15m

Genres

Documentary, History

Original Title

La primera mirada: historia de una escuela de cine

Production Companies

Pantalla Partida, Malvalanda, TVE, Filmoteca Española

Director

Luis E. Parés

Description

In Spain, a poor country ruined by the recent Civil War (1936-39), and in the midst of Franco's dictatorship, a film school was created in Madrid in 1947, which became, almost unintentionally, a space of freedom and pure experimentation until its closure in 1976.