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.
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.
DVD Release Date: October 15, 1996
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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)
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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)
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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.
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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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