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The Blind (2008)

The Blind poster
Original title
Los girasoles ciegos
Directed by
José Luis Cuerda
Genre
drama film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 71 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In post-Civil War Spain, a family hides a secret that threatens their survival. The film follows their daily lives as they try to avoid political persecution and maintain their fragile peace.

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What happens

The Blind Sunflowers (Spanish: Los girasoles ciegos) is a 2008 Spanish film directed by José Luis Cuerda, who wrote the screenplay alongside Rafael Azcona, based on the 2004 novel The Blind Sunflowers by Alberto Méndez. The film stars Maribel Verdú, Javier Cámara and Raúl Arévalo. This film was Spain's 81st Academy Awards official submission to Foreign Language Film category, but it was not selected. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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