Resumen de Una mirada hacia lo perdido: En el balcón Vacío
The exile of Republicans from Spain in 1939 brought with it thousands of children who had to learn to live in other countries with the memory of the home they had lost. Nostalgia and the sensation of having been uprooted engendered En el balcón vacío.
This article explains how the film was created and the conditions in which it was made, through consideration of first-hand accounts, the film itself, and two books written by the main abstract character of the film, María Luisa Elío.
