film-espoir-sierra-de-teruel-2026-10-22

#Hommage à André Malraux #L'histoire d'une copie Thursday 22 October · 14h 14h · Presentation by Édouard Waintrop "The story of the two versions of Espoir, the film, struck me in 1996, when the newspaper Libération sent me to Madrid to investigate the sixtieth anniversary of the Spanish Civil War. As I was a film critic, I conducted my research in that field. The Filmoteca española allowed me to see all the films produced during the Civil War that it possessed copies of. From anarchist fictions to Francoist newsreels. I discovered them, with Ferran Alberich, filmmaker and researcher in film history. Ferran had just been commissioned by the Filmoteca to find a copy of the legendary film by André Malraux. 15h · projection Espoir, sierra de Teruel ANDRÉ MALRAUX | France, 1938, 1h30 | DCP Cast: Andres Mejuto, Nicolas Rodriguez, José Maria Lado... André Malraux has always been convinced of the importance of cinema. Fully committed to the fight of the Spanish republicans against the fascist rebels, he first wrote a novel in praise of the "red" fighters, published in 1937. He then naturally added a film to it, shot in 1938. This one took up episodes from the book and others. Sierra de Teruel (that was its original title) was financed by the Subsecrataria de la propaganda therefore by the Spanish State. This moment of exaltation of the antifascist struggle was not ended until after the defeat of the Republic. **Restored copy from the collections of the CNC Heritage. Free session for members of the Institut Jean Vigo. In partnership with the Amis du Cercle Rigaud.