Good Valley Stories (2025)

Name: Good Valley Stories
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2025-12-17
Duration: 125 min
Rating: 6.3

Good Valley Stories (2025), directed by José Luis Guerín.

12/17/2025 BR Documentary 2h 5m

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In a peripheral neighbourhood, where the rural and urban worlds meet, the houses of the first migrants who arrived after the post-war period coexist with the new blocks of the dormitory city, where the latest wave of migration is concentrated. This humble corner is now an authentic global village. Good Valley Stories is a sum of constructs, of social, generational and identity, urban and ecological conflicts, but it is also a calm and humanistic look at today’s world.

Alicia AlmiñanaCinematography
José Luis GuerínDirector, Editing, Producer
Gaëlle JonesProducer
Javier LafuenteProducer

About the film

Good Valley Stories (Spanish: Historias del buen valle) is a 2025 documentary film directed by José Luis Guerin.

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Good Valley Stories (Spanish: Historias del buen valle) is a 2025 documentary film directed by José Luis Guerin.

Subject

The documentary depicts instances of daily life in the Barcelona neighborhood of Vallbona, isolated by the Besòs river, a road, a channel, and a commuter railway.

Production

The film is a Spanish-French co-production by Los Ilusos Films and Perspective Films. The inception of the film concerns a commission by the MACBA to shoot an exhibition project about disadvantaged people in Barcelona.

Release

Good Valley Stories was presented at the 73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival on 25 September 2025, in competition for the Golden Shell. Distributed by Wanda Visión, it is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on 6 February 2026.

Reception

Jonathan Romney of ScreenDaily concluded his review stating that Guerin "doesn't romanticise its subject, and certainly shows the harsher aspects of how it must be to live in Vallbona – but does so vividly, with fascination, affection and respect".

Manuel J. Lombardo of Diario de Sevilla gave the film a 5-star rating, celebrating in style how, with the film, "cinema once again achieves that small miracle of exploration, recognition and empathy".

References

Text from Good Valley Stories on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Valley_Stories

Trivia

It premiered on December 17, 2025, a Wednesday.
It runs 2h05 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "Historias del buen valle".
This film's quiz has 8 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosOrfeo Iluso AIE, Los Ilusos Films, Perspective Films
CountriesFrance, Spain
LanguagesArabic, Catalan, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian
StatusReleased

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Vallbona

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Vallbona

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Crew

Alicia Almiñana Cinematography
José Luis Guerín Director
José Luis Guerín Editing
Gaëlle Jones Producer
Javier Lafuente Producer
Jonás Trueba Producer
José Luis Guerín Producer
Anahit Simonian Original music

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What is Good Valley Stories about?

Good Valley Stories: In a peripheral neighbourhood, where the rural and urban worlds meet, the houses of the first migrants who arrived after the post-war period coexist with the new blocks of the dormitory city, where the latest wave of migration is concentrated. This humble corner is now an authentic global village. Good Valley Stories …

Who directed Good Valley Stories?

Good Valley Stories was directed by José Luis Guerín in 2025.

How long is Good Valley Stories?

Good Valley Stories runs for 125 minutes, or 2h05.