Overview
- Guerín’s Historias del buen valle, awarded the Special Jury Prize at the San Sebastián Film Festival, opens in theaters on February 13.
- The director spent about three years living with Vallbona residents, avoiding a closed script and shaping the film in the edit.
- The documentary captures a neighborhood defined by successive migration waves, with a dozen-plus languages heard on screen.
- High-speed rail construction described as trenches is set to run for years, threatening local gardens and open spaces and intensifying development pressure.
- Some protagonists joined Guerín at San Sebastián, and he underscores his commitment to the theatrical experience over streaming platforms.