Lurdes Barba directs this scathing classic by Santiago Rusiñol about toxic masculinity

In the midst of national bankruptcy, the Spanish authorities holler grotesque calls to heroism, hoping to silence the death rattles of the empire. Despite the masses of soldiers ravaged by typhus, every now and then a young man who has survived the panic of the state massacre and taken refuge in alcohol abuse and destructive sexuality is ennobled. And, as the war machine marches on, working families struggle to prevent their sons from fighting, unable to offer them a life beyond the bitter dynamics of a soulless productive economy.
But one day a man stops and looks back. And undoes the path by following his trail. Groping. He returns to his childhood home determined to uncover his past. To bring it into the light. To evoke it. To dust it off, or to get rid of the intricacies. A journey between his ghosts and childhood treasures. Between his desires and his weaknesses. Between innocence and fear. Uncover the past, just like a child unwraps a candy. In the same way that an adult opens a wound. To meet his-self. To identify his-self. To rebuild.

Subtitles in collaboration with Institut Ramon Lull