Overview
What was the role of women in Spanish cinema from the 1930s to the present explained through fragments of different films, both fiction and non-fiction. (Followed by “Manda huevos,” 2016.)
Director and cast
- Diego Galán Director
- Carlos Hipólito as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Ángel de Andrés López as (archive footage)
- Imperio Argentina as (archive footage)
- Aurora Bautista as (archive footage)
- David Carpenter as (archive footage)
- Antoñita Colomé as (archive footage)
- Alfredo Landa as (archive footage)
- Ágata Lys as (archive footage)
- Carmen Maura as (archive footage)
- Sara Montiel Cast
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