Always Xonxa (1989)

Original title

Sempre Xonxa

Directed by

Chano Piñeiro

Genre

drama film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 54m

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows the emotional consequences of emigration in rural Galicia. It focuses on characters dealing with loss and change.

melancholicslow-burnnostalgicbittersweetgroundedruralemotionalsolemn

What happens

Sempre Xonxa (Galician for Always Xonxa) is a Galician-language film from Galicia, Spain directed and written by Chano Piñeiro and released in 1989. It was the first Galician feature film shot in 35 mm, along with Urxa, by Carlos Piñeiro and Alfredo García Pinal, and Continental by Xavier Villaverde, making it one of the first fiction films in the Galician language. The film is about the emotional consequences of emigration and is set in rural Galicia. Sempre Xonxa was, during 20 years, the biggest theatrical success for a film in Galician, until 2019 when Fire Will Come eventually attracted more spectators. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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