El libro de las aguas

Mirror

1975 · ★ 7.9

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.

The Devil's Backbone

2001 · ★ 7.3

Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.

Con la vida hicieron fuego

1959 · ★ 7

The sailor Quico Carola, alleged war hero of the Francoist side, emigrated to America and amassed a great fortune. Fifteen years later he returns to Ferrera (Asturias), his homeland, in search of a wife who makes him forget his late girlfriend. There he will see his old friends and Armandina, the widow of a Republican shot during the Spanish civil war.

The Wall

2009 · ★ 10

An adaptation of the J.P. Sartre story "Le Mur". What goes on in his mind and what happens outside when he has left only few more hours left to live. The existential dilemmas of a prisoner condemned to death from a repressive regime for his participation in a resistance movement and his friendship with the leader of this resistance. When all seems lost and he has already given up the most unlikely coincidence changes the course of events and his life.

You're My Hero

2003 · ★ 5.5

Thirteen-year-old Ramon is on the verge of many adolescent discoveries -- and the confusion that goes along with them. Shy and awkward, he's moved from town to town throughout his childhood and believes that life is about winning and losing. But he soon learns it's all about survival. Like Ramon, Spain is in transition (President Francisco Franco is about to die); it's a time of social upheaval marked by change, illusion and struggle.

The Spirit of the Beehive

1973 · ★ 7.6

In 1940, in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, a young girl living on the Castilian plain is haunted after attending a screening of James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein and hearing from her sister that the monster is not dead, instead existing as a spirit inhabiting a nearby barn.

Conte de llops

2015

Rafael and Fermin are comrades in the republican army during the Spanish Civil War. In the last days of the conflict, Fermin is fed up with the war and thinking about going home, while Rafael writes a letter to his wife which includes a story for their son. This story, inspired by Jack London's 'White Fang', runs in parallel to events in the war and towards a shared outcome.

Leica Story

2016

Robert is a war photographer who moves to an andalusian village after the Spanish Civil War, watching in the population a panorama of sadness and pain. Because of his arrival, stories that happened there in the past resuscitate.

Cunetas

During the Spanish Civil War, a family of farmers must face the fascist threat. Tired of turning the other cheek, they will make an unexpected decision.

Requiem

2018

1938. During the Spanish Civil War, a soldier is executed along with his comrades. Under the corpses of his friends he discovers that he is not dead.

Alsasua 1936

1994 · ★ 10

Based on the life of Marino Ayerra, who was appointed as parson priest of Alsasua (Navarra) two days before the start of the Spanish Civil War.

Líneas de fuego

2002 · ★ 10

Love story during the Spanish civil war in a psychiatric hospital.