Synopsis

‘Aunque tú no lo sepas. La poesía de Luis García Montero’ is a documentary film that tells the story of Luis García Montero’s life and work and reflects on poetry’s past, present and future.

From the early 1980s to the present day, the poet Luis García Montero (Granada, 1958) has earned a prominent place in Spanish poetry.

A disciple of some of the most celebrated names in our poetry and a mentor to the new poetic voices emerging in Spain, Luis is, in poetic terms, a bridge between the two centuries through which we have lived.

With each new collection of poetry he publishes, García Montero has the unusual ability to reach the top of the bestseller lists. His readings sell out, and while many love him, some dissenting voices revile him. What is the secret behind his becoming one of the leading figures in our poetry? Who were his principal mentors in the world of poetry? Who is Luis García Montero, really?

There is no single Luis. A man involved in numerous social causes, a novelist, professor, critic, friend and husband… Yet the word “poet” defines him best. Husband of novelist Almudena Grandes, friend of figures such as Joaquín Sabina, Miguel Ríos and Benjamín Prado, son of Luis and Elisa… there is no single Luis García Montero. “Aunque tú no lo sepas” sets out to reveal the many facets of a unique figure in the culture of our time.