Leocadia's Dream

Outside the store, the noise of Barcelona’s Las Ramblas promenade is audible. To one side there are stands with Catalan souvenirs ‘Made in China’. Inside, on the shop’s shelves, there are old vinyl records of classical and opera music. On the chair behind the counter sits Leocadia, with her beloved dog Neska on her knees. She used to say that she came to work here eighty years ago, when she was in her ‘mum’s womb’. She has always loved music. Now she is humming Beethoven’s fifth symphony and waiting for the next client to talk with. Once even DiCaprio was here... (Camerimage)