Soldiers of Salamina (2003) ( Soldados de Salamina )

Soldiers of Salamina (2003) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Soldados de Salamina
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Butaca Awards
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
Goya Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Dolby Linear PCM )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
119 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2003 and produced in:
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
David Trueba

Written By:
Javier Cercas
David Trueba

Actors:
Ariadna Gil ..... Lola
Ramón Fontserè ..... Rafael Sánchez Mazas
Joan Dalmau ..... Miralles
María Botto ..... Conchi
Diego Luna ..... Gastón
Alberto Ferreiro ..... Joven miliciano
Luis Cuenca ..... Padre de Lola
Ana Labordeta ..... Empleada residencia
Julio Manrique ..... Pere Figueras
Ivan Massagué ..... Quim Figueras (20 años)
Bruno Bergonzini ..... Daniel Angelats (20 años)
Joaquín Notario ..... Capitán Collell
Merche Mar ..... Luz
Eric Caravaca ..... Camarero Dijon
Joserra Cadiñanos ..... Carlos

Synopsis:

When the professor and writer Lola Sánchez is assigned to write a column in the newspaper about the Spanish Civil War, she researches and finds for the first time about the shooting of Rafael Sánchez Mazas. Lola has lost her passion for writing, and she becomes intrigued about Rafael, who was a writer and journalist that returned to Spain from the Italy of Mussolini and founded the fascist party Spanish Falange, becoming advisor of the leader Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera. When the lefts won the election in 1936, the Falange became illegal, and later there was a military coup d'stat. Rafael miraculously escaped from the shooting and was spared by an unknown soldier. Lola decides to write a book about the historic event and to disclose the identity of the unknown soldier. But her acquaintance Conchi advises that her work is affected by her lack of passion. When Lola reads a work of a student about the heroic former soldier Miralles, Lola becomes obsessed to find him and see of he is connected to the event.

A woman uncovers some unsettling truths about her country and its history in this drama from Spain. Lola (Ariadna Gil) is a writer who feels creatively stifled and hasn't been able to work out a new idea in months. Looking for something to clear her creative block, She takes an assignment to write a piece about Rafael Sanchez Mazas (Ramon Fontsere), a writer who sided with the fascists during the Spanish Civil War. While legend has it Mazas was killed by Republican troops, the truth is he was given protection and shelter by Friends of the Forest, a group of men who lived in the woods. As Lola tries to search out Joaquim Figueras, one of the last surviving Friends of the Forest, she discovers a soldier who captured Mazas and was prepared to shoot him, but opted to let him go at the last moment. As Lola's writer's block dissolves, she digs deeper in search of the truth about this elusive man and his mysterious actions during the war. Soldados de Salamina was based on a true story and the real-life Joaquim Figueras appears in the film, along with several other people who took part in the shelter and capture of Mazas.

Lola (Ariadna Gil) has a case of writer's block, and hopes to get out of her creative rut by taking a journalistic assignment. Her subject is Rafael Sanchez Mazas (Alberto Ferreiro) -- a Fascist writer thought to have been killed in the Spanish Civil War, but who was, in fact, safeguarded by a group known as the Friends of the Forest. Lola tracks down former soldier Miralles (Joan Dalmau), who may be able to lead her to Joaquim Figueras (as himself), one of the group's last living members.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 26 April, 2015.

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