Ian Hart, Iciar Bollain, Marc Martinez

The internecine conflicts and heated passions of the Spanish Civil War, brought to glorious life by soft-smoldering firebrand Ken Loach.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 49 min.

Directed by: Ken Loach

Release Date: March 15, 1996

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DVD Release Date: October 15, 1996

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  • March 30, 2009
    Complex portrait of events which otherwise have had very little film coverage, beautifully capturing the idealism of the protagonists, their diverging beliefs and attitudes, and the ultimate logistical barriers and strife.
  • June 8, 2009
    Human dignity is shinning in Spain.
  • May 20, 2009
    Another reality check from Ken Loach.
  • January 7, 2009
    KEN LOACH, which I consider to be the greatest living filmmaker working today, creates films that delve into the conflicts of the Human Condition and Social Systems --- he's equally at home criticizing the Right or the Left for their demagogic diatribes and absence of logical act...( read more)ions. If Cinema with a Political Foundation scares you, don't even attempt to tackle him. However, if your mind's open enough his films may just be an epiphany.
  • December 10, 2008
    no thanks not my kinda thing
  • December 1, 2008
    las revoluciones son contagiosas¡
    En la guerra hay tantos frentes como ideales y objetivos.
    Una película del sin igual Ken Loach, algo mas de su cine real, descarnado y aun así esperanzador modo de ver el mundo
  • October 21, 2008
    An utterly engaging movie that tears down any melodrama for a more realized engaging film on the Spanish Civil War. The fundamental element of this film that gives off a humanism type beauty to it is the way it captures the elements of the human beings, their talk and their daily...( read more) life together with their approach to a disaster such as this, war and split loyalties and at the same time, abuse by their powers, inside and outside who all want to make Spain a paradise. I personally belief that films such as this really capture the political side really well as compared to just being politically absorbed but lacking any value whatsoever, due to the innate flaws in ideologies, the people affected and who prize these ideologies are more intriguing.
  • September 28, 2008
    An amazing portrayal of the growth and decay of an armed revolution - very accurately portrays the circumstances leading to the failure of stalinism.
  • August 29, 2008
    one of the best film about Spain civil war
  • February 13, 2008
    A very strong political drama that has some very good moments in it. The script occassionally lapses into cliche.

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