Modelo 77 (2022)

Directed by

Alberto Rodríguez Librero

Genre

drama film, historical drama, thriller film

Country

Spain

Runtime

2h 05m

Rated

MA 15+

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 192 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In late 1970s Barcelona, inmates at Modelo Prison fight for amnesty during Spain's transition to democracy. The story focuses on common prisoners who are left out of the political pardons.

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What happens

Prison 77 (Spanish: Modelo 77) is a 2022 Spanish historical thriller drama film directed by Alberto Rodríguez from a screenplay co-written with Rafael Cobos which stars Miguel Herrán and Javier Gutiérrez. Set in the late 1970s in Barcelona's Modelo Prison, the plot consists of a critical revision of the so-called Transition in Spain, focusing on the plight of inmates imprisoned on common charges claiming for an amnesty that, unlike the case of fellow political prisoners, never came to pass. The film opened the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival on 16 September 2022, to be released theatrically in Spain a week later. It earned 16 nominations at the 37th Goya Awards, winning in five technical categories. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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