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Juan Antonio Bardem appears today, one hundred years after his birth and two decades after his death, as an indispensable creator to understand not only the paths of Spanish cinema, but also the history of our country in the second half of the 20th century . His work is the backbone of the critical and regenerationist dissidence generated by the cinematographic renewal of the fifties and, at the same time, the trunk from which the critical realism of the New Spanish Cinema at the beginning of the sixties and the metaphorical cinema were born. of the political Transition, whose most fertile roots are in works such as "Muerte de un ciclista" and "Calle Mayor". Citizen committed to his time and to his country, to the cause of democracy and to the defense of his ideas, an active participant in all progressive forums and initiatives of the social and professional fabric of Spain that is fighting against the Franco dictatorship, Bardem and His work is the seed of modern Spanish cinema and a permanent example of civil, cultural and professional courage.