
<ahref="https://www.douban.com/link2/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cornerhouse.org%2Ffilm%2Finfo.aspx%3FID%3D2881&link2key=b1a13e9645"target="_blank"rel="nofollow">http://www.cornerhou<wbr/>se.org/film/info.asp<wbr/>x?ID=2881</a><br/> AlookatthetransformationoftheSpanishcity,PozodelTioRaimundo.OntheoutskirtsofMadridinthe1950s,illegalfamilyhomeswerebuiltthroughthenight,springingupbydaybreaklike'nightflowers'.Housingeconomicandsocialmigrants,theramshacklecommunitysoondevelopedauniqueidentity,andoutofthesehumblebeginningsofmudandtinshacksgrewtheElPozodelTioRaimundosuburb.Thismovingdocumentarypresentsthebarrio'sdevelopmentasareflectionofSpanishsociety,classwarandsolidarity,assistedinnosmallwaybytheworkofthe'RedPriest':FatherLlanos.<br/> AnewentryinSpain'sthrivingdocumentarytradition,JuanVicenteCordoba'sfascinatingNightFlowersfocusesonthehistoryandevolutionofElPozodelTioRaimundo,oneofnumerousshantytownsthatsprangupinthelate'40sand'50sasruralfamiliesflockedtoSpanishcities.ThefilmchroniclesthetownandespeciallytheactivitiesofFatherLlanos,aso-called"redpriest"whoadministeredtotheinhabitants'spiritualneedsand,perhapsevenmorecrucially,instilledinthemapassionforachievingfreedomandfairtreatment.<br/> Workingovermanyyears,helpingtocreateanewsenseofself-worthandcommitment,FatherLlanossetouttohelpchangetheworld.NightFlowersexaminestheresultsofthisprocess,andthememoriesoftheoriginalinhabitantsregardingtheirownandthetown'stransformation.