Hector Verdu Marti is a dialogue practitioner who worked with a Spanish village community experiencing acute political tensions, using dialogue as a means of bridging divisions that had hardened into open conflict. His work sits at the intersection of civic life and dialogue practice, exploring what it takes to create conditions for genuine conversation when political identity has become a source of mutual suspicion. In this talk, Verdu Marti describes the context of the village, the approach he took to convening dialogue, and what emerged when residents with opposing views were brought into structured conversation. The case raises questions that extend well beyond Spain: how dialogue functions under conditions of political polarisation, and what practitioners need to understand before entering communities where trust has already broken down.