Docúpolis will open with the Swedish documentary about Spanish historical memory, Mari Carmen España. The end of the silence, in a world premiere

In the ceremony will be present the Swedish directors Martin Jönson and Pontus Hjorthén, authors of the documentary chosen to be shown in the opening ceremony: Mari Carmen de España. El final del silencio, which talks about the mass graves of the civil war. Also the main character of the documentary, Mari Carmen España, granddaughter of one of the victims of the civil war is going to be in the presentation. The film has been selected to compete for Docúpolis Best Documentary Award.

Docúpolis starts its eighth edition the next Tuesday, September 30th at 20:30 pm. In the ceremony, sited in CCCB’s Hall, the Festival will be presented officially by its director, Hugo Salinas.

MARI CARMEN ESPAÑA. THE END OF SILENCE
Two swedish guys driving around Spain searching for the historical verdict over Hitler's and Mussolini's old companion Franco. A roadmovie in rental cars featuring Olof Palme, the world's biggest cross and a woman determined to put her family history in order.

September 1975. Franco had signed his last death sentences. In Sweden an 8 year old boy took part in his first ever demonstration. On TV he had heard prime minister Olof Palme calling the Franco regime "Satan’s murderers" and predicting that "the historical verdict will be terribly harsh". He got obsessed with Spain, Franco and the civil war.

In MARI CARMEN ESPAÑA - THE END OF SILENCE that boy and his friend travel around Spain 30 years later, trying to understand the trauma of a country they love. They ask questions about a past that was swept under the carpet by a pact of silence.

In the south they meet Mari Carmen España. She has taken the historical verdict into her own hands, refusing to accept that her murdered grandfather lies in an unmarked mass grave under a pile of garbage. Affected by her indefatigable struggle against reluctant authorities, they end up trying to help, in her fight for justification and a dignified funeral for her grandfather

They find the instigator of the mass murder buried beneath the world’s biggest Cross, in the heart of Spain. A monumental symbol of christianity, but also the largest fascist monument the world has ever seen.

MARI CARMEN ESPAÑA - THE END OF SILENCE is a documentary roadmovie in rental cars. Knocking on doors of monks, mayors and common people, this quest for the harsh historical verdict, that Palme predicted, crosses the entire country.

MARI CARMEN ESPAÑA - THE END OF SILENCE is the story of what happens when a country tries to amputate its past. Confronting politicians from both left and right, as well as the Catholic church, the travelling Swedes finally get questioned themselves.