La calle del Agua

In 2021, Celia Viada burst onto the Spanish film scene with her debut feature film, winning several awards that recognized its value. La calle del Agua is a ghost film: a dialogue through the mists of time in which the Madrid-born director converses with Benjamina Miyar (1888-1961), a resident of the Asturian village of Corao, watchmaker, pioneering photographer, and anti-Franco resistance fighter: a woman of enormous worth who, like so many others, has been silenced and forgotten.

Synopsis: Benjamina Miyar led an unusual life in her house on Calle del Agua, at the foot of the Picos de Europa. A photographer and watchmaker for more than 40 years, she was also part of the anti-Franco resistance. Her life and work disappeared after her death. Calle del Agua is the encounter between two women who share a place in different times, the sketch of a portrait that emerges from what is remembered and what has faded away. [Source: ICAA database].