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He Gave the Sword to Me

The Casa de Campo is one of the largest public parks in the world, a real forest. For centuries it was only for kings and queens, a royal forest. In the images, its 2019: the green of the earth shining anew for us or the remains of trenches as if asleep or the children's unexpected use of bridges and ponds. In the sounds, its 1936, the forest torn in two, the defence of Madrid: "buzzes and explosions, clattering of machine guns, dry crackling of rifles" or the artillery fire that massacred the city from the hills or the words of those who invented a revolution and a taste for good life in the midst of all that turmoil.

  • Miriam Martín
    Director
  • Miriam Martín
    Editor
  • Xabier Iriondo
    Cinematographer
  • Sole Parody
    Sound designer
  • Jacobo García
    Producer
  • Javier Cruz
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    La espada me la ha regalado
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Genres:
    History, Politics, Nature
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes 6 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 1, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Country of Filming:
    Spain
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Festival international du film Entrevues Belfort
    Belfort
    France
    November 20, 2019
    World premiere
    Official selection
  • Rencontres internationales Paris/Berlin
    Paris
    France
    February 27, 2020
  • Festival internacional de cine documental de Navarra Punto de Vista
    Pamplona
    Spain
    March 2, 2020
    Spanish premiere
    Official selection
  • Rencontres internationales Paris/Berlin
    Berlin
    Germany
    August 28, 2020
  • Festival de cine documental Alcances
    Cádiz
    Spain
    September 29, 2020
    Official selection
  • Cinespaña
    Toulouse
    France
    October 3, 2020
    Relámpagos
  • Buenos Aires festival internacional de cine independiente (BAFICI)
    Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    March 21, 2021
    American premiere
    Official selection
Distribution Information
  • Miriam Martín
Director Biography - Miriam Martín

Miriam Martín has dedicated her entire adult life and part of the previous one to cinema. First as a spectator, then as a programmer in several institutions: MNCARS, MUSAC, CA2M, Filmoteca popular de Madrid. And organizing, from November 2012 to July 2018, the Chantal film club, a weekly aesthetic and political experiment.

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Director Statement

"Does something exist, not in outer space but in the world and the affairs of men on earth, which has not even a name? Unicorns and fairy queens seem to possess more reality than the lost treasure of the revolutions."