The Year of the Discovery (2020)

In 1992 500 years after the beginning of Spains global empire with the discovery of America Spain proudly presented itself to the international community as a modern developed dynamic country through the Olympic Games in Barcelona and the Expo in Seville But for filmmaker Luis López Carrasco 1981 Murcia 1992 was also the year in which the regional parliament building in Cartagena was razed during furious protests against the threatened closure of various local industries El año del descubrimiento revives this almost forgotten history in a typical Spanish bar in Cartagena where different generations come together to drink eat smoke and talk Stories from witnesses demonstrators and strikers from back then and discussions among younger café visitors on themes such as class consciousness the economic crisis and the role of unions percolate to the surface amidst talk of other life issues