In 2045, Spain like the rest of the western world has been driven into a dictatorial regime by the lack of natural resources. Life in the countryside is impossible, and in the city a fence divides peoples into the powerful, and the rest.
La Valla draws its influence from the real life dictatorship of Francisco Franco who ruled Spain from 1936 to 1975. The security state, citizen coercion and government posters carry Francoist undertones. .
It took 10 months to get the coronavirus vaccine. But the story takes place during over 25 years . Yet they did not have the vaccine .
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