Land and Freedom (1995)
Land and Freedom (1995)
DVDRip | MKV | 716x572 | x264 @ 1484 Kbps | 104 min | 1,37 Gb
Audio: Español and Français - each AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English, Français
Genre: Drama, War
DVDRip | MKV | 716x572 | x264 @ 1484 Kbps | 104 min | 1,37 Gb
Audio: Español and Français - each AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English, Français
Genre: Drama, War
Director: Ken Loach
Writer: Jim Allen (screenplay)
Stars: Ian Hart, Rosana Pastor, Icíar Bollaín
Summer 1936, a young unemployed communist, David, leaves his hometown Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. He joins an international group of Militia-men and women, the POUM (Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista). After being wounded he goes to Barcelona, where he decides to join another group of fighters. They remain in Barcelona and end up fighting other anti-fascist groups. David is disappointed and decides to go back to his old band.
IMDB - 8 wins
It's one of my favorite movies. The director made an outstanding job representing this glorious and terrible part of the Civil War. It's a movie with a low budget, a good historical representation and a great job from the actors. Iciar Bollain is great. They told me (when I saw it back in 1995) the actors, even many extras, played roles according to their political ideas. I'm thankful for the individuals foreigners who came to my country Spain, from all parts of Europe, USA, etc, to fight against the arise of the fascism in Europe. So I'm thankful for this movie. You'll love the guys of the POUM. You'll also understand why the good guys can't win. Please notice that the Spanish Civil War ended in April 1939, and that the Second World War started in July 1939. 4 more months and instead of the history saying that the 2WW started in Poland, it would say that started in Spain. Well, this is the only movie I know about the Spanish Civil War.
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Land and Freedom (1995)
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