Companys, procés a Catalunya (1979)

Directed by

Josep Maria Forn

Genre

drama film, period drama film

Country

Spain

Runtime

2h 10m

Rating

4.0 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A film about the final months of Lluís Companys, the President of Catalonia. It shows his capture by the Nazis and his later execution by Spanish authorities under Franco.

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What happens

Companys, procés a Catalunya (Spanish: Companys, proceso a Cataluña) is a 1979 Spanish Catalan drama film directed by Josep Maria Forn, based on the last months of the life of the President of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, in which he shows his detention by the Nazis and his subsequent execution by the Spanish Francoists. It competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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