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The Year of the Discovery

  • Documentary

November 13, 2020 (CH)

3h 20m

In 1992 – 500 years after the beginning of Spain's global empire with the discovery of America – Spain proudly presented itself to the international community as a modern, developed, dynamic country through the Olympic Games in Barcelona and the Expo in Seville. But for filmmaker...

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