A Long Winter ( Un largo invierno )

A Long Winter (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Un largo invierno
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
130 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Sebastián Arabia

Written By:
Sebastián Arabia

Actors:
Sebastián Arabia

Synopsis:

In Un largo invierno (A Long Winter, 2009), director Sebastián Arabia opts for a much different focus than those we are used to seeing in 'terror documentaries.' Here, there are no images of smoldering, twisted train cars or people weeping. We do not see played for the millionth time, from the vantage point of an escalator, the moment one of the bombs explodes. In his hour-long film, Arabia zeroes in on one protagonist, Pilar Manjón, whose 20-year old son, Daniel Paz Manjón, died in the March 11 attacks. Significantly, Pilar Manjón is also the president of the Asociación 11M Afectados del Terrorismo ('March 11 Association of those Affected by Terrorism,' originally meant to serve victims of March 11 and their families), founded in 2004. She might be said to be the public face of March 11 -- during the March 11 hearings, she called out politicians and accused terrorists alike, and demanded that a new commission be created, independent of political affiliation. Perhaps, it was this appearance that led to her largely negative portrayal by the mainstream press, but Manjón's affiliation with the worker's trade union Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) -- originally founded by the Spanish Communist party -- has probably also contributed unfairly to the tirade of insults she has received.

On March 11, 2004 - known as 'el 11-M' in Spain - 191 people were killed and thousands wounded when ten bombs exploded on four different commuter trains in a terrorist attack in Madrid. Until 2004, terrorist attacks in Spain had been largely tied to ETA, the Basque separatist organization. Initially, Spanish politicians - including the president at the time, José María Aznar, and the candidate for president, Mariano Rajoy, both of the Partido Popular, or 'People's Party' (PP) - and media blamed ETA for the attacks. However, ETA had long had a practice of announcing their attacks prior to their occurrence, as well as assuming responsibility for them. Also, despite the fact that ETA had murdered over 800 since 1968, their largest attack was the Barcelona Hipercor bombing of 1987, which killed 21.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 31 March, 2011.