After the death of Franco and during the transition to a parliamentary monarchy, Spain’s cultural life blossomed once again. In this environment, the poetry movement known as “the other sentimentality”—named after the first book of Javier Egea and Luis García Montero—was born, a movement known for its transformation of the personal experience into a collective one so that any reader might identify with the feelings evoked. This program discusses that literary movement, chronicles the disenchantment about life and society that soon set in and contributed to Egea’s suicide, and celebrates the continued achievements of Luis García Montero’s life. A Films for the Humanities & Sciences Production. (Spanish, 31 minutes)
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