Bound and well attached
Cecilia and José Juan Bartolomé. Spain, 1981. 102′
The first documentary on the Transition. The film was blocked by the Administration, a victim of shameful censorship that prevented its screening for years.
Part two of the monumental diptych on Spanish public opinion. The second part, Bound and Well Attached, is a political analysis of the transition. Here, in addition to the people, the most prominent political leaders of the moment intervene, and topics such as the new autonomies, the rebirth of neo-Francoism, the annexation of Spain to Europe, terrorism and the extent of violence, the crisis at the Center, and ending with the involutionary and insurrectional possibility of the Army.
Cecilia Bartolomé (b. 1940) was the pioneer of Spanish feminist cinema: she always considered cinema as a free expressive medium to raise ideological debates, criticize the establishment, expose patriarchy and scandalize well-meaning audiences. Many of her films were censored and rendered invisible for decades.