África 815

Various volumes of personal memories, photographs and Super 8 films make up a large part of Africa 815, a film in which Pilar Monsell investigates an extensive paternal archive, seeking to understand what lies beneath a life devoted to the pursuit of a lost paradise. The one Manuel Monsell knew in the 60s, when his dream of travelling to Africa became reality when he was sent to an army base in the Sahara. There he would taste the honey of love with young Arabs. An indelible ideal that would mark his life even after he founded his own family. (Seville European Film Festival)