Inca screens for the first time in Mallorca 'The Invasion of the Barbarians', an anti-Francoist film about memory and reparation

PalmThe 'Inca has memory' series hosts the screening of The barbarian invasionFrom director Vicent Monsonís, an anti-Francoist film that intertwines past and present to reflect on repression and the need for redress. This is the first time the film has been shown in Mallorca.

The film weaves together two parallel stories separated by eight decades. In 1939, in the midst of the post-war period, Esperanza, a young curator at the Prado Museum, is questioned about the disappearance of a painting that a colonel intends to confiscate. Eighty years later, her pristine sister Aurora searches for her remains in one of the mass graves of the Franco regime.

The film addresses a part of history that the dictatorship tried to erase and reaffirms the importance of knowing the past in order to heal the wounds of the present, the production company explains. The screenplay is by Vicent Monsonís, based on the play by Chema Cardeña. The music is by Vincent Barrière and the cinematography by Ismael Issa. The cast includes Olga Alamán, Jordi Cadellans, Rosa López, Jordi Ballester, and Pep Munné. The screening is part of the 'Inca Has Memory' series, an initiative of the City Council that aims to recover, preserve, and disseminate the historical memory of the municipality and the island of Mallorca as a whole.