PEDRO Almodovar has dedicatedย an award to โhundreds of thousandsโ of families searching for relatives killed in the Spanish Civil War.
The Oscar-winning director was accepting hisย Best Director Platino award for his new film Julieta atย a ceremony in Madrid.

During his speech, he said he was sharing the honour with those โwho continue searching for their โdisappearedโ’.
โThey say that to search and open graves where our disappeared remain is to open wounds,โ said Almodovar.
โIt is to close them [wounds], it is as simple as that, it is to close wounds and to end once and for all our awful Civil War.โ
Thousands of Republicans executed by Franco’s Nationalist troopsย are in unmarked graves across Spain.
The Association For The Recovery of Historical Memory have led the way in trying to locate the graves and identify victims’ remains.
During his speech, Almodovar also criticised Donald Trumpโs plans to build a wall along the Mexican border.
It was Almodovarโs first Platino, with Julieta taking a second Platino for Alberto Iglesiasโ score.
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