Pedro M, 1981

7.8 10
2015
27min

Spanish

English Catalan

Country: Switzerland Spain

Original Title: Pedro M, 1981 (2015)

In Madrid, a woman pursues the traces of a father she never knew.

Spanish
English Catalan
Country: Switzerland Spain
Original Title: Pedro M, 1981 (2015)

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS: Visions du Réel 2015 / Festival dei Popoli 2015 / Festival L’Alternativa 2015 / Etats généraux du film documentaire - Lussas 2015 / Doc Buenos Aires 2015 / Les Ecrans Documentaires - Arcueil 2015 / Corto y Creo - Festival de cine de Santander 2015 / Zinebi Bilbao Festival 2015 / Family film project Porto 2015 / Festival de cine de Malaga 2016

Pedro M, 1981. Looking for my unknown father

Madrid. A woman is tracing down a father she never knew. Pedro Martin, spanish cameraman, have been filming the attempted coup d’Etat, in the parliament on February 23rd 1981.

Looking to uncover the secret of her father, the cameraman’s daughter meets people who are haunted by images. Sometimes, historical archives can hide an intimate tragedy... A mesmerizing fiction of the reality.