España 3639 – A Love Letter

2021, 36 minutes

This is the story of Nieves, an ordinary girl from the mountains of Aragon, who finds herself in the heart of the action, in Barcelona, working as a nurse for the Republican Army.

The history of the Spanish Civil War is made of the battles won and lost. It is also remembered as the prologue to the Second World War. But to Spanish people, it's also about the history of ordinary people, and how the civil war tore their lives apart. This is the story of Nieves, an ordinary girl from the mountains of Aragon, who finds herself in the heart of the action, in Barcelona, working as a nurse for the Republican Army. Barcelona falls last to the armies of Franco, and then begins La Retirada, the long march towards the French border. There, a new life, that of an exile, will begin. Sixty years later, Nieves feels the need to entrust the story of her life to her granddaughter. Written by Carole Bulewski, original score by Fraser Parry, mixed by Adam Bulewski and directed by Jack Judd.