As the republican army retreats before the last thrust of Franco's army, the exile of hundreds of thousands of people begins. The most serious moment occurred in January 1939, when almost half a million people fled to France. This is how, for many, the drama of exile begins, an inhumane collective tragedy that is evident in French concentration camps such as that of Algiers.

Elna's maternity hospital (institution driven by Swiss social movements that contributed money, food and equipment) talks about what a very young person, Elisabeth Eidenbenz, was able to do to save pregnant women from having to go through childbirth in the terrible hygienic, food and health conditions of the French refugee camps.

Rarely can one speak in such a direct and clear way of what a true song of hope is. Hope in humanity and the future of humanity represented in innocent babies born in terrible circumstances. Hope in cooperation between men. Hope in the survival of everyone, without specification of sex, nationality, race, ideology or religion. Hope in the simple kindness of people. Or, more simply, hope (without adjectives).

From the work ofAssumed Montellà

Dramaturgy: Pablo Ley Fancelli
Direction: Josep Galindo
Music selection: Luc Olivier Sánchez i Rosa Galindo
Performers: Rosa Galindo i Franco Piccinno

Scenography: Galilei Project
Audiovisual design: Tony Roura
Lighting: Anna Espunya Juárez
Changing room: Galilei Project
Production: Laura Manchón

Room manager and room technician: Andrés Piza

A co-production of Galilei Project, Fortià Viñas i Theater Eòlia Productions

"The dramaturgy, the direction and the music elevate the sensational performance of Rosa Galindo to the memorable".
Marius Serra, La Vanguardia

"Pablo Ley has done an exquisite job with the dramaturgy, and the result is a text with a balance
perfect, deeply emotional and striking. [...] Josep Galindo, a director who is attentive to details, sober, elegant, has chosen a very effective option to reach the viewer. Rosa Galindo, delicious in singing and candid in interpretation, with the ideal complement of pianist Luc-Olivier Sánchez [...]" Dani Chicano, El Punt

"Maximum simplicity, and above all, no concession to morbidness, to cheating, or to exaggeration. Pure feeling suitable even for the most hardened hearts".
Marta Pallarès, Diari de Girona

"It's been a night of theater not to forget: the play "La Maternidad de Elna" which includes a real episode of our history, interpreted masterfully by the singer and actress Rosa Galindo Solé. A voice that floats on stage not only when it sings wonderfully, but also when it speaks and takes us on that fateful journey to the French exile of 1939. And a special thanks to the historian Assumpta Montellà, without whose work this story would have been forgotten . Fortunately, the Theater exists to tell it. And if it didn't exist, it would have to be invented." Julio Alonso, actor