Frontline Club & Scottish Documentary Institute presents a screening of
Pablo’s Winter (El invierno de Pablo)
Dir. Chico Pereira. UK/Spain, 2012, 76 mins.
Followed by a Q&A with the director
Date: Monday 7 March 2016
Time: 7pm
Place: 13 Norfolk Place, London W21QJ
http://www.frontlineclub.com/new-scottish-documentary-season-pablos-winter/
Pablo needs to stop smoking. Why? Because his wife, family and doctor say he should. But Pablo is a stubborn man. He has worked in the mercury mines of Almadén, Spain, risking his life daily. He has had five severe heart attacks and smoked 20 Winston’s a day since he was 12. Now in his seventies, Pablo spends most of his day in front of the TV, surrounded by a cloud of smoke, with his back turned firmly towards a village that has lived through better times. Pablo represents the last generation of Almadén mercury miners, an age-old profession with over 2,000 years of history. Through a straightforward depiction of life’s everyday moments, Pablo’s Winter explores the decay of the local mining culture, but above all, pays homage to its real protagonists: the miners and their families.