Surcos
Furrows is a 1951 Spanish film directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde, and written by him in collaboration with Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Eugenio Montes, and Natividad Zaro. It provides an unsettling portrait of post-Civil War Madrid while caudillo Francisco Franco was in power.
Plot
Surcos follows the struggles of a Spanish family as it emigrates from the countryside to Madrid circa 1950. Facing difficulties in finding housing and employment, several family members turn to illegal or immoral activities in order to make ends meet, and the traditional family structure disintegrates.
More details
| author | Gonzalo Torrente Ballester |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Madrid |
| director | José Antonio Nieves Conde |
| editor | Margarita de Ochoa |
| genre | drama political social |
| keywords | apartment complex black market bury civil war climb clothe country bumpkin flee house injured load lose love nest police officer railroad track sing spanish civil war street children struggle traditional family train station wait |
| musicBy | Jesús García Leoz |
| theme | independent |