Staff Reads: The Fountains of Silence

The 1950’s. America was enjoying a time of freedom and prosperity; Spain was the exact opposite.  Whatever you did, someone was watching.  In Madrid, 1957, teenager Daniel Matheson, the son of a rich Texas oil baron, visits his mother’s homeland.  What he encounters are the class distinctions and rules strictly enforced during Franco’s regime.  As he befriends his hotel maid Ana, he delves deeper into the lives of the downtrodden, using his camera to document the massive divide between the poor and the ultra-rich. ...