This Is Not a Movie About Cardenete

Paula Martínez Artero
2022-10-05

2
24 min

Fernando, Jaime and Juan Carlos live in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona). During the 80s and 90s they visit and record with a Hi8 the daily life of their parents’ town of origin: Cardenete (Cuenca). During those years the world changes rapidly: Spain enters the EU, the Soviet bloc falls and the Olympics are held in Barcelona. But what does Cardenete have to do with all of this?