Anatomía de un instante: the methodical anatomy of a putsch (critique)

Four edifying episodes on the failed coup d’état of February 1981 on the other side of the Pyrenees, when three men stood up to the military to save the young Spanish democracy.

The day Spain almost plunged again…

It’s a fascinating historical production about a turning point, to be discovered on Arte this evening (and already available on Arte.tv). Or how, the day after Franco’s death, a military putsch almost shattered the democracy that Adolfo Suárez had managed to patiently install in a country still largely dominated by Franco’s generals.

Little known on this side of the Pyrenees, this page of Iberian history is told in four episodes, adapted from the novel by Javier Cercas….