Popel (2025)
- Directed by
- Oier Plaza
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Czech Republic, France, Spain
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rated
- 12+
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A nephew follows a forgotten letter to learn the fate of his Republican uncle from the Spanish Civil War. A researcher investigates a deportee after reading a novel by Javier Cercas. Their paths cross and they find that the lives of their ancestors are connected, uncovering the story of František Suchý and his son who defied the Nazis from a Prague crematorium to save the ashes of over 2,000 victims.
inquisitivereflectivesomberrevelatoryhistoricalintertwinedinvestigativepersonal
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