Paris (France), February 21, 2014 (SPS) - Awarded at the film festivals of Berlin (Germany), Toronto (Canada), San Sebastian (Spain) in 2012, and received the Goya Prize of the best documentary in 2013, the Spanish film "Sons of the Clouds," directed by Alvaro Longoria and produced by Javier Bardem, was shown for the first time in France, to domestic and foreign journalists, on Tuesday.
The film about the conflict in Western Sahara consist in a personal trip by Javier Bardem, guiding viewers through a winding path of world diplomacy with respect to a decolonization issue and reveals the sufferings of an abandoned people.
The 20-minute documentary outlines the situation of Saharawi people, who have been suffering, for 38 years, from Moroccan colonial rule and Spanish government passivity concerning Morocco's occupation of its former colony. (SPS)
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