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Heldupfor7yearsbeforeitwasreleased,FarfromtheTreesseemslikeaperfectsuccessortoLuisBunuel'sLandWithoutBread.Likethatearlierfilm,itisakindofimpressionistictraveloguethatshowsaSpainfarfromthebeatenpathsofthetouristresorts;notonlypovertybutthepersistenceofsuperstitionsandoccultbeliefscapturedbythefilmrebuketheimageofaforward-looking,modernSpainthatbythe60swasbeingpromotedbytheFrancoregime.EstevaGrewelargelyallowstheimagesandjuxtapositionstospeakforthemselves,givingthefilmalyricalfeelingthatsomewhatsoftensitssocialcriticism-thoughobviouslynotenoughforthecensors.<br/> ItiscommonplaceforstudentsofSpanishandLatinAmericanculturetospeakofthe"BlackLegend",throughwhichnorthernEuropeansdemonizetheSpanish.Inthisdocumentary,CatalanfilmmakerJacintoEstevaGrewedoesthejobhimself.Here,heattemptstoshowthedarksideofSpanishlife,especiallyitsreligiousfanaticismandpromotionoftheideathatritualisticcrueltyissomehownoble.ThisfilmhadmajorportionsremovedbySpanishcensorsbeforeitwasallowedtobeshown,butthecutsarenotthoughttohaveimproved(ordetractedfrom)thismean-spiriteddiatribe.
