Libertarias

Libertarias English Libertarians is a Spanish historical drama made in 1996. It was written and directed by Vicente Aranda.

The movie is set in 1936 in Barcelona in the midst of the Spanish Revolution and Spanish Civil War. Militia women Pilar Ana Belen and Floren Victoria Abril are joined by former prostitute Charo Loles Leon and former nun Maria Ariadna Gil. The film opens with scenes of working class militants demolishing and burning religious icons, as they shout down with Capitalism and long live the libertarian revolutionWhile fully immersed in the overall enthusiasm of revolutionary Spain, Pilar and friends find themselves fighting against deep gender inequality which complicates their efforts in the war against Francisco Francos NationalistFascistCatholic forces. They encounter resistance even within their own Free Women Mujeres Libres organization as one woman that resembles Federica Montseny tries to persuade them to stay and work in defense factories, while men try to convince them to go work as cooks, not frontline soldiers. ........

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