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Entrance to El Valle de los Caídos

SHORT FILM
Four Hundred Unquiet Graves
2020


The Valle de los Caídos, sixty kilometers from Madrid, features a colossal basilica and an eightymeter-
high cross. Commissioned by Franco’s government, it possibly holds the world’s largest
mass grave with 33,843 bodies, including many victims of enforced disappearance. Despite 45
years since Franco’s death, the exact number of his victims burried in the site remains unknown.
Over a decade ago, the families of Franco's victims discovered their missing loved ones might
be buried there. Their quest for exhumation has faced systemic resistance from courts, media,
state institutions, and the Benedictine monks overseeing the site.

This short film was commisioned by Het Nieuwe Instituut and e-flux architecture.
     Directed by
    Manuel Correa

    Produced by
    Emil Nygard Olsen

    Sound edition & mix
    Emil Nygard Olsen

    Graphic Design
    ALEJANDRA jARAMILLO

    NARRATION
    maría selas






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