Is this really the start of a new country?

Ricard lives in Manlleu, a small town 80km from Barcelona, in the heart of Catalonia. The majority of people there are pro Catalan independence.

After an illegal referendum, a declaration of independence, a sacked and imprisoned former government, Spain is amid its worst political crisis in decades. But Ricard believes Catalonia will eventually be independent from Spain.

Filmed and edited by Alvaro A. Ricciardelli.