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Lola Dueñas (seated) and Ana Torrent in a still shot from 'Foremost by Night.'
Venice Film Festival

At the Venice Film Festival, cinema tells the world about the history of the babies stolen during Francisco Franco’s dictatorship

‘Foremost by Night,’ Víctor Iriarte’s first feature film, wins critics over with the brave tale of two women and a child without a past. The short film ‘Aitana’, a restored version of Saura’s ‘The Hunt’ and a documentary on ‘Guernica’ round out the festival’s Spanish film offerings

From left to right: Margarita, Juan de Borbón, Juan Carlos, María de las Mercedes de Borbón, Pilar and Alfonso, in 1950.
spanish Royal family

How did the former king of Spain kill his brother? A documentary explores the mysterious death of Alfonso de Borbón

Víctor Manuel de Saboya — son of the last king of Italy and childhood friend of Juan Carlos I, the emeritus King of Spain — reveals how he witnessed the accidental homicide of the young duke. ‘He didn’t shoot him directly, but through the closet. I was there. It was 100% an accident,’ the Italian prince says, in a new Netflix docuseries

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