QUEIPO, A GENERAL’S DREAM

It is 9 March 1951, and General Queipo has died. Some journalists describe his burial as we see Queipo on his deathbed, from where we also witness the following: his dreams of Richard III, the defence of his points of view from the power of Franco, his friendship with Cardinal Segura, his conspiracies, his speeches on Unión Radio, agreements and disagreements with his daughter Maruja and his assistant, and later with his son-in-law Juliano Quevedo… and above all his lust for power, his megalomanic striving to become a caudillo. All of this occurs in a timeline that passes through Seville from 1936 to 1939, his “exile” in Rome from 1939 to 1942 and his final years in “Gambogaz”, an estate located beside the Guadalquivir river that was given to him by the City of Seville and imposed upon popular subscription, thanks to his intervention in 1936... until his death on 9 March 1951.
 

Directed by

Pedro Álvarez-Ossorio

With

Antonio Dechent
Amparo Marín
Antonio Campos
Oriol Boixader

Crew

Set design Juan Ruesga and Vicente Palacios
Costumes (design and creation) Carmen de Giles
Sound space Santi Martínez
Lighting Florencio Ortiz
Audiovisuals (design and creation) Ana Álvarez-Ossorio
Stylist Manuel Cortés
Historical consulting Carlos Arenas Posada
Set creation Odeon Decorados
Furniture creation Teión
Assistant director Ana Álvarez-Ossorio
Technical direction Ana Álvarez-Ossorio and David Romero de la Osa
Photography Luis Castilla
Promotional video Juan Rivadeneyra – Producciones Intermitentes

A production by Fundición y Escarmentados