The Drunkmen’s Marseillaise

The story

In the summer of 1961, a group of young Italian anthropologists made a clandestine journey through Spain, in order to record popular songs that supported anti-Franco resistance. As a result of their work, they were prosecuted and their recordings were censored. Sixty years later, and guided by Emilio Jona, aged 92, the last living member of that group of travellers, we recover the unpublished recordings and reconstruct the journey, today, across an emotional and political landscape, regaining historical memories through these songs, as relevant today as they were then.

Cast & crew

Emilio Jona

Emilio JonaSelf

Artur Blasco

Artur BlascoSelf

Asunción Carandell

Asunción CarandellSelf

Maria ArnalSelf

Marcel Bagés

Marcel BagésSelf

Lionello Gennero

Lionello GenneroSelf

Nacho VegasSelf

Faia Díaz Novo

Faia Díaz NovoSelf

Amorante

AmoranteSelf

Víctor Herrero

Víctor HerreroSelf