The Grass Dwellers

Juan Méndez Bernal leaves his house on the 9th of april of 1936 to fight in the imminent Spanish Civil War. 83 years later, his body is still one of the Grass Dwellers. The only thing that he leaves from those years on the front is a collection of 28 letters in his own writing.

Crew

Pablo Pagán Méndez Kodiak

Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematography, Producer

Juan Mendez Bernal

Book

David Collantes Rodríguez

Cinematography, Color Grading

Mª Carmen L. Herrera

Head of Production, Producer

Rubén Álvarez

Production Assistant, Driver

Pancho Aguirre

Sound Designer

Mariano Torres Negri

Visual Effects

Guardia Civil de Navas del Rey

Thanks

Ayuntamiento del Colmenar del Arroyo

Thanks

Lois Patiño

Thanks

Policía Local de Navas del Rey

Thanks

Alejandro Alonso

Thanks

Daniela Muñoz

Thanks

Juanjo Díaz Polo

Thanks

Tony Terrón

Thanks

Anto Benítez Iglesia

Thanks

Elena de la Cuadra Colmenares

Thanks

Antoñi Campaná

Thanks

Alberto Vega Lozano

Thanks

Agustí Centelles

Thanks

Pilar Carrera

Thanks

David Muñoz

Thanks

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