The Women on the 6th Floor presents the life of a group of Spanish women in Paris during the 1960s working as maids for upper middle class French families. These Conchitas, as they’re still known in Paris, were part of the migratory flow from Spain to several European countries, following the conclusion of the second war world. Continue reading →

Buenas noches y bienvenidos.

The film that we are going to see tonight it is not based on one true story but on thousands of true stories. Los Lunes al Sol (Mondays in the Sun) by Spanish director Fernando León de Aranoa tells us of the lives of mostly middle-aged men that lost their jobs when the shipyard, the primary source of employment in their city, closed its doors in 1984. Continue reading →