To Live

The story is set in the Spanish Civil War at a time when the tension between stalinists and anarchists – who were meant to be fighting together against Franco – erupted into armed conflict on the streets of Barcelona. / The narrative revolves around an actual event, the theft of twelve tanks, which leads to the classic set-up of two miss-matched investigators. In this case Vincente is the careful and conscientious chairman of a collectivised factory, Ramon is the young militant disillusioned with fighting at the front who becomes part of the movement for a second, more total revolution. / Another character, Carles, who works at the factory where the tanks were built, is drawn into the situation despite unresolved differences with his ageing father, a well-know anarchist activist. / The essence of the story is the simple reality of how people actually experienced these events. So, for example, Ramon, being illiterate, has to think fast when Pilar suggests a film with subtitles for their first date.