La Movida Madrileña

The Movida Madrileña [ moβiða maðɾileɲa ] (Spanish for Madrid Movement) was a cultural movement of urban youth, which is acquired during the first years of the Franco regime and lasted until the eighties.

History

After the death of Franco in 1975 and the associated transition to democracy in Spain many Spaniards enjoyed a sudden freedoms that were previously eluded them. This resulted in the capital Madrid to a movement that wanted to live through everything Shrill, exalted and Hedonistic and accepted the very hedonistic traits.

People

The now well-known in Germany Movida Madrileña is representative of the film director and screenwriter Pedro Almodóvar. Its first films such as " Pepi, Luci, Bom and other girls from the gang " ( Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón ) reflected the time of Movida. Other important artists were the musicians Aviador Dro and Alaska, the pop groups Mecano, Los Niki and Radio Futura and the graffiti artist Muelle (Spanish for spring).

Spread in Spain

Even outside of Madrid found the Movida many followers and imitators, so that they quickly spread to other Spanish cities such as Vigo. This was driven primarily by socialist politicians like the former mayor Enrique Tierno Galván Madrid. They supported this cultural movement, in order to provoke a clear break between the society of the post- Franco era and democracy. This had the advantage of being able to present the once anachronistic and fascist country abroad as a modern and open-minded, though it's still stuck in many areas in the Francoist rut.

The legacy of the Movida

Today there are only a few isolated bars like El Penta or La vía Láctea in the district of Malasaña, which have survived from the time of Movida until today ( 2009). Madrid