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LAND WITHOUT BREAD
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This film was shot in 1932...
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...soon after the founding of the Spanish Republic.
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The region we are going to visit is called Las Hurdes.
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It's barren and inhospitable and man is forced to fight for subsistence.
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The first road to las Hurdes was built only in 1922.
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Before that, it was unknown to the rest of the world and even in Spain.
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On the way to Las Hurdes, we pass La Alberca.
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It's a bit more prosperous, but still feudal.
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Almost all the inhabitants of Las Hurdes are in debt to this town.
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The church at La Alberca.
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Two skulls in their niches symbolise the town's destiny.
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Most homes have three storeys.
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This is rare in Spain and gives the streets a medieval aspect.
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Many homes have a religious text over the door:
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"Ave Maria, conceived without sin."
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The day we arrived, the women were dressed in their finery.
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Why were they dressed so beautifully?
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They said they were going to the plaza...
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...for an annual ceremony that's strange and barbaric.