The Sleeping Voice (2011) ( La voz dormida )

The Sleeping Voice (2011) (DVD) (*)

$29.99

Original Title: La voz dormida
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cartagena Film Festival
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
Goya Awards
San Sebastian International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
118 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Teaser(s)
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Benito Zambrano

Written By:
Ignacio del Moral
Benito Zambrano

Actors:
Inma Cuesta ..... Hortensia
María León ..... Pepita
Marc Clotet ..... Paulino
Daniel Holguín ..... Felipe
Ana Wagener ..... Mercedes
Susi Sánchez ..... Sor Serafines
Berta Ojea ..... La Zapatones
Lola Casamayor ..... Reme
Ángela Cremonte ..... Elvira
Amparo Vega León ..... Sole
Charo Zapardiel ..... Tomasa
Arantxa Aranguren ..... Conchita
Teresa Calo ..... Doña Cecilia
Begoña Maestre ..... Amalia
Jesús Noguero ..... Don Fernando

Synopsis:

Madrid, 1940. A women's prison in Ventas. General Franco and his army have seized power. The winners are not satisfied with their victory; they want to exterminate their enemy. Every man and woman who was part of, or supported, the Resistance, or who is just suspected of it, will be hunted down and eradicated without mercy. Repression has become part of life. All of Spain is a prison. The women's prison in Ventas was filled with prisoners of this kind. Women who fought for freedom were now suffering repression, torture and death. Our story deals with the life of these prisoners. A group of women sharing a terrible story.

A harrowing drama that transforms the sorry plight of female prisoners in post-Civil War Spain into a bleak examination of man's inhumanity to women, "The Sleeping Voice" magnificently tells a tale that needs to be told and retold. Shrewdly remaining mainstream while plumbing the depths of grief and violence, this engrossing pic is often unbearably intense in its depiction of atrocities, and affecting in its portrayal of its protags' doomed fight against politics and patriarchy. Spanish viewers may see it as just "another Civil War movie," but foreign auds will be gripped; "Voice" deserves to be heard offshore.

The Sleeping Voice (La Voz Dormida), which relates the story of two sisters involved in the Spanish resistance, comes at a critical time at home, when Spain's Civil War past is literally being exhumed and word is finally emerging of the thousands of children who were stolen during Franco's brutal dictatorship.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 13 June, 2012.

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