Esto

Esto is a demonstrative pronoun in Spanish. Esto is the pronoun that points to something and identifies it in terms of the temporal distance separating it from the speaker. Esto is a tragic essay on memory, time and death, on ancestors and descendants, spectres that cross through the law of silence to dialogue with the living. Esto is a gardener's shears pruning the branches of his family tree. Esto is a story of reds and fascists, of identity as a trench, a homeland or death in life. Esto is an intergenerational dialogue between converts where each generation disowns its predecessor. Esto is yet another film about the civil war. Esto is a Spanish film, very Spanish, as Spanish as Manolete and roadside graves.