Soldiers of Salamina (2003)

Original title

Soldados de Salamina

Directed by

David Trueba

Genre

drama film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

U

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A journalist investigates a story about a fascist writer who was spared during the Spanish Civil War. Her search for the soldier who let him go leads her to uncover personal and historical truths.

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What happens

Soldiers of Salamina (Spanish: Soldados de Salamina) is a 2003 Spanish drama film written, directed and edited by David Trueba, based on the novel Soldiers of Salamis by Javier Cercas. It stars Ariadna Gil and Ramón Fontserè alongside Joan Dalmau, María Botto and Diego Luna. The film was nominated for eight Goya Awards in 2004, and won the award for Best Cinematography. It was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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