Los girasoles ciegos (2008)

Drama

Orense, Spain, 1940, just after the end of the Civil War. Every time Elena locks the door of her home, she and her children become the faithful guardians of a sacred secret: Ricardo, her husband, their father, hides in the house, trying to avoid the brutal political persecution of the victors, who hunt, as if they were wild animals, and imprison or execute, those who have lost the bloody and tragic struggle…

Updated May 20 2020

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2009-02-07

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Keywords:

mother confession secret fugitive repression

FACTS

Runtime: 98 mins Rating: 6.7

Cast

Javier Cámara

Ricardo

Fanny de Castro

Tía Lola

Luis Callejo

Fiscal Militar

José Ángel Egido

Rector

Maribel Verdú

Elena

Emiliano Otegui

(uncredited)

Raúl Arévalo

Salvador

Roger Príncep

Lorenzo