With his characteristic grace and candor, Trueba retraces the paths of his own sentimental education and, in doing so, offers a vivid portrait of a time and a generation.
David Trueba invites us into 1969, the year of his birth and a “defining symbol of all contradictions.” From the threshold of life, still nestled in his mother’s womb, he evokes the world awaiting him: the bustle of an enormous family, the upheaval of working-class neighborhoods in transformation, and the distant echoes of a Spain nearing the end of its dictatorship. Beyond those borders, new voices in film, literature, and music begin to resound—forces that will leave their mark on his destiny.
With his characteristic grace and candor, Trueba retraces the paths of his own sentimental education and, in doing so, offers a vivid portrait of a time and a generation.
David Trueba invites us into 1969, the year of his birth and a “defining symbol of all contradictions.” From the threshold of life, still nestled in his mother’s womb, he evokes the world awaiting him: the bustle of an enormous family, the upheaval of working-class neighborhoods in transformation, and the distant echoes of a Spain nearing the end of its dictatorship. Beyond those borders, new voices in film, literature, and music begin to resound—forces that will leave their mark on his destiny.