Guernica (2016)

Original title

Gernika

Directed by

Koldo Serra

Genre

drama film, war film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

R

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 127 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An American journalist covering the Spanish Civil War and a censor for the Republican government fall in love during the 1937 bombing of Guernica. The film follows their relationship as the attack devastates the town.

romantictensesomberhistoricalmelancholicslow-burndramaticvisually stark

What happens

Guernica (Spanish/Basque: Gernika) is a 2016 Spanish-British-American war romance drama film directed by Koldo Serra, starring James D'Arcy, María Valverde and Jack Davenport. It is the first feature film made about the 1937 bombing of Guernica. The film centres on an American journalist (D'Arcy) covering the Spanish Civil War, and the bombing of Guernica, who falls in love with a censor (Valverde) for the Spanish Republican government. The journalist's character is loosely based on George Steer, a British reporter who covered the war and bombing for the UK media, as well as Ernest Hemingway and Robert Capa. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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