San Francisco IndieFest 2026

The Invasion of the Barbarians

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Available February 5, 2026 8:00 AM UTC
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Valencia, 1939 – a Francoist lieutenant interrogates Esperanza, a museum curator protecting Prado masterpieces during Spain’s civil-war collapse. A fascist colonel covets one painting—The Invasion of the Barbarians—as a personal trophy. Eighty years later, her granddaughter Aurora fights bureaucracy and official silence to exhume Esperanza’s remains and give her a proper burial. Two intertwined timelines reveal how fascism, corruption, and the complicity of the Church scarred generations, and how one woman’s moral resistance becomes a legacy of defiance. - Lucy Hanna, SF IndieFest

  • Runtime
    117 minutes
  • Country
    Spain
  • Premiere
    International Premiere
  • Director
    Vicent Monsonis
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