The documentary La identitat explotada brings back the memory of the old village of Òdena and reconstructs the everyday lives of the people who inhabited its historic centre, located within the castle grounds, until the Spanish Civil War.
The documentary unfolds through a dramatised narrative set in 1938. A soldier leaving for the front with the Republican forces writes letters to his son, describing life in the village: the school, the church, the streets, the festivities and the daily routines of a community rooted in a gypsum hill surrounding its thousand-year-old castle. Over the years, the hill would be mined and the village relocated to its present-day site, leaving behind a place of which only physical remnants and the memories of its inhabitants remain.
Production and direction: Marc Vila
Historical supervision: Josep-Vicenç Mestre i Casanova
Country: Spain
Screenplay, dramatisation and narration: Pep Farrés
Genre: Historical documentary
Duration: 30 minutes
Year: 2026
