A man’s man – Maldà cinema

«A free man » / Spain: 2024 / Direction: Laura Hojman / Intervene: Agustín Gómez Arcos, Pedro Almodóvar, Paco Bezerra, Marisa Paredes, Bob Pop, Alberto Conejero, Marisol Membrillo, Antonio Maestre / Documentary / 88 min / Original Version in Spanish and French with subtitulos in Spanish / not recommended for 7 years.

Synopsis:
Underlying in the life of Agustín Gómez Arcos, a writer Almeriense that Alcanzó the success in the French literary scene in the 70’s, mingles that in Spain his number permanently in the shadow. In France, its works leids by million readers, translated to more than a teaching of language, and adopted in the educational programs of the institutes. In addition, he was a finalist for the Goncourt Prize in Six occasions. Gómez Arcos Eligió The French language for not to be silent and keep the memory of the defenses of the Francoist regime alive. Its success, its public intervention and their ideas will be sampled by a man who is adapted to themes such as democratic memory, feminism or the identity of gender and sexual. Tras décadas de Olvido, in the year 2006, the publishing house Cabaret Voltaire houses to translate and publish its novels for the first time in our country. Hoy, his legado has been redirected by the new generations, and the recovery of his figure is revealed as one of the tieras pending of our culture.

The criticism says:
“In this beautiful and emotional movie, Agustín Gómez Arcos, a figure of Halo Maldito, an eternal apatrida (…) hugged the disidence. A rebel with a cause that, for the end, with this documentary, occupies the place that deserve »Alfonso Rivera: Cineropa