Salvador (2006)

Original title

Salvador (Puig Antich)

Directed by

Manuel Huerga

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

United Kingdom, Spain

Runtime

2h 14m

Rated

14

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 68 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film focuses on Salvador Puig Antich, a young man on death row in 1970s Spain. It shows his final days under the Francoist dictatorship and his impending execution by garrote.

sombertensehistoricalbleakrestrainedslow-burnclaustrophobicsuspenseful

What happens

Salvador (Puig Antich) (or Salvador) is a 2006 film directed by Manuel Huerga starring Daniel Brühl as Salvador Puig Antich. It is based on the 2001 book Compte enrere. La història de Salvador Puig Antich by Francesc Escribano, which depicts the time Puig Antich spent on death row prior to his execution by garrote (the last person to be executed by this method in Spain) in 1974, in the last rales of the Francoist dictatorship. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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