A personal portrait of a city that no longer exists and another still emerging. Through celebrations, protests, and archival traces, the film explores how collective memory shifts—and which stories endure—when the world that once sustained it disappears.
Marcos M. Merino (Gijón, Spain, 1973) holds a degree in Image Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid. After 15 years working as a journalist and editor in television, he shifted his focus in 2010 to document working-class culture and industrial memory. He made his feature directorial debut with the documentary ReMine, el último movimiento obrero (2014), which was selected in over 25 festivals and won multiple international awards. His body of work includes the short film A Noite é necesaria (2014), premiered at the Valdivia International Film Festival, and the feature film In Memoriam, la derrota conviene olvidarla (2018). He also directed the documentary series La Llucha and has created video installations for art centers.
FilmographyA Noite é necesaria (short documentary, 2014)
ReMine, el último movimiento obrero (documentary feature, 2014)
La llucha (documentary series, 2015)
In memoriam (la derrota conviene olvidarla) (documentary feature, 2018)
Plaza mayor (documentary feature, 2025)
