May the Second (1927)
- Original title
- El dos de Mayo
- Directed by
- José Buchs
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- Spain
- Runtime
- 1h 05m
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A silent film set in Madrid during the Spanish War of Independence. It follows the love between a student of Francisco de Goya and a seamstress, which is broken by the arrival of a French aristocrat sent by Napoleon.
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What happens
El dos de mayo es una película española muda de 1927 dirigida por José Buchs. El argumento gira en torno al Madrid de la Guerra de la Independencia Española, pero el tema principal es el amor entre un discípulo de Francisco de Goya y una modistilla que se rompe por la aparición de una aristócrata francesa enviada por Napoleón. Se mezclan escenas de ficción con escenas documentales de corridas de toros, como la primera goyesca del . (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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