Speak the Culture: Spain: Be Fluent in Spanish Life and Culture

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1. Identity: the
   building blocks of
   2. Literature
   and philosophy
   3. Art and
   architecture
   4. Performing
   arts
   5. Cinema
   and fashion
   6. Media and
   communications
   7. Food and drink 8. Living culture:
   the details of

5.1 Cinema

Spain has had an engrossing, if

sometimes troubled, relationship with film.

Early ventures were stunted by a lack of

cash and expertise, while the golden age

of cinema found its Spanish adventure

curbed by Franco and his censors.

Yet, even under the Generalísimo,

enlightened film-makers emerged making

thoughtful movies, while democracy has

produced joyous work by directors like

Bigas Luna and Pedro Almodóvar.